Sleep quality in hospitalized adults / elderly

• Autor(a) principal: Martins, Rosa
• Data de Publicação: 2016
• Outros Autores: Correia, Ana Marisa, Andrade, Ana, Campos, Sofia
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
• Texto Completo: https://doi.org/10.7559/gestaoedesenvolvimento.2016.286

Background: Sleep is precious and indispensable to a good balance. The aging process causes disturbances which reflect both the quantity and quality of sleep, being that these changes are aggravated in hospital situations. Objectives: To evaluate sleep disorders of adults / hospitalized elderly patients and analyze the relationship with sociodemographic variables, clinical and chronic fatigue. Methodology: This is a cross-sectional, descriptive and correlational study, of the quantitative type. For this purpose, a questionnaire was applied to 60 users, hospitalized, that included sociodemographic variables, a Chronic Fatigue Scale and the Sleep Quality Index of Pittsburgh (PSQI). Results: The sample is mostly made up of male users, married, 75 years old and illiterate. They have performed their rehabilitation program daily between 16-30 minutes and only a few times do they feel ready to finish. The majority (55.00%) feel more active at afternoon, they sleep on average 6.8 hours, wake up often and sooner than intended. Chronic fatigue is present in the vast majority of respondents, with these feeling that they need to sleep more than what they normally sleep. Conclusions: The majority of participants (96.70%) present sleep disorders during hospitalization, with this being associated to users with higher rates of chronic fatigue, of an older age, women and widows