Minz Sarojini, Mohapatra Monalisa, Pati Uma Charan, Sahu Pritipadma, Satpathy Raghunath, Kumari Rupashree Brahma, Acharya Pradosh Kumar, Sahoo Nirupama, Jally Sujit Kumar
Center of Excellence, Odisha Center for Geriatrics and Gerontology, Gangadhar Meher University, Sambalpur, Odisha, India.
School of Chemistry, Gangadhar Meher University, Sambalpur, Odisha, India.
PLoS One. 2024 Dec 5;19(12):e0314770. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0314770. eCollection 2024.
Sleep is an important physiological process that is essential for human beings because it maintains the circadian rhythm appropriately. The sleep behavior in the older population of India has not been studied adequately. Further, there is no report on the sleep behavior of the elderly population of Odisha, India. Therefore, this study has been designed to examine the status of sleep quality in the elderly living in rural areas of the Sambalpur district of western Odisha, India. This study includes1992 elderly subjects above the age of 60 years (945 females and 1047 males) who participated voluntarily. Data collection was done using a socio-demographic form and Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI) inventory to determine the sleep quality and related factors that might alter the quality of sleep. The prevalence rate of sleep quality was assessed for both groups and the independence of attributes was tested statistically using the Chi-square test with ap-value ≤0.05 was considered significant. Of the 1992 elderly participants, 1384 (69.5%) showed good sleep quality, and 608 (30.5%) had poor sleep quality. The factors, "female gender, marital status such as married" and "drinking habits of alcohol" are the statistically significant associations with good sleep quality among the elderly participants. The overall prevalence of good-quality sleep was high among the elderly participants living in rural areas of the Sambalpur district of western Odisha. These results might serve as a baseline database for future research endeavors. Further, a longitudinal study that has been planned might help in identifying the underlying factors that sustain good-quality sleep in a majority of the studied population.
睡眠是一项重要的生理过程，对人类至关重要，因为它能恰当地维持昼夜节律。印度老年人群的睡眠行为尚未得到充分研究。此外，关于印度奥里萨邦老年人群睡眠行为的报告也没有。因此，本研究旨在调查印度奥里萨邦西部桑巴尔布尔区农村地区老年人的睡眠质量状况。本研究纳入了1992名60岁以上的老年受试者（945名女性和1047名男性），他们均自愿参与。使用社会人口学表格和匹兹堡睡眠质量指数（PSQI）量表进行数据收集，以确定睡眠质量以及可能改变睡眠质量的相关因素。对两组的睡眠质量患病率进行了评估，并使用卡方检验对属性的独立性进行了统计学检验，p值≤0.05被认为具有显著性。在1992名老年参与者中，1384人（69.5%）睡眠质量良好，608人（30.5%）睡眠质量较差。“女性性别、已婚等婚姻状况”和“饮酒习惯”这些因素在老年参与者中与良好睡眠质量存在统计学上的显著关联。在印度奥里萨邦西部桑巴尔布尔区农村地区的老年参与者中，高质量睡眠的总体患病率较高。这些结果可能作为未来研究工作的基线数据库。此外，已计划开展的纵向研究可能有助于确定在大多数研究人群中维持高质量睡眠的潜在因素。
