Peng Hsi-Ling, Lorenz Rebecca A, Chang Yu-Ping
Department of Nursing, Cardinal Tien Junior College of Healthcare and Management, New Taipei City, Taiwan.
School of Nursing, The State University of New York, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, USA.
Perspect Psychiatr Care. 2019 Jan;55(1):95-102. doi: 10.1111/ppc.12307. Epub 2018 Jul 4.
The study aimed to identify factors related to family caregivers' sleep.
The study used a cross-sectional design with objective and subjective methods to measure sleep in the home setting over a 7-day period.
Findings indicated that poor sleep quality was found in 91.7% of the caregiver participants. Depression, sleep hygiene, burden, and care-recipients' sleep were significant predictors of various dimensions of caregivers' sleep.
Our study suggests that sleep quality for family caregivers of individuals with dementia varies considerably from night to night. Understanding the complex interrelationships among caregivers' sleep and other contributing variables is an important first step toward the development of individualized and effective treatment strategies.
本研究旨在确定与家庭照顾者睡眠相关的因素。
本研究采用横断面设计，运用客观和主观方法在家庭环境中对睡眠进行为期7天的测量。
结果表明，91.7%的照顾者参与者存在睡眠质量差的问题。抑郁、睡眠卫生、负担以及受照顾者的睡眠是照顾者睡眠各维度的重要预测因素。
我们的研究表明，痴呆症患者家庭照顾者的睡眠质量每晚差异很大。了解照顾者睡眠与其他相关变量之间的复杂相互关系是制定个性化有效治疗策略的重要第一步。
