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Introduction It is common to find, in the elderly, an inability to sleep due to several concerns. Our aim was to determine the association between sleep disturbing events and the quality of sleep in the community-dwelling elderly. Materials and methods The sample included 188 male and 436 female subjects aged 65 years and over (79.7 ± 5.0 years old). Participants answered questions about their sleep difficulties, their worries level and the type of events disturbing their sleep. Sleep quality was assessed using the Insomnia Severity Index, and level of worries was assessed using the Penn State Worry Inventory. Results About 28% of seniors reported having experienced an event disturbing there sleep. However, these people have a similar sleep quality than those who did not report having experienced any events ( p = 0,127). Also, about 14% of seniors have a level of concern between moderate to high. Those ones actually suffer from a more severe level of insomnia that other reporting a low level of concern ( p p = 0,405) or worries ( p = 0,175). Conclusion Our results suggest that concerns who affected sleep quality do not come from events reported but from general tendency to worry. Future studies should investigate what cause this general tendency to worry in elderly to prevent future sleep disturbances. Acknowledgements Research supported by the Fonds quebecois de recherche sur la societe et la culture. |
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