Sleep Duration and Sleep Quality as Predictors of Health in Elderly Individuals

Lovro Štefan, Vlatko Vučetić, Goran Vrgoč and Goran Sporiš
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Lovro Štefan: Faculty of Kinesiology, University of Zagreb, 10 100 Zagreb, Croatia
Vlatko Vučetić: Faculty of Kinesiology, University of Zagreb, 10 100 Zagreb, Croatia
Goran Vrgoč: Clinical Hospital Center ‘Sveti Duh’, 10 000 Zagreb, Croatia
Goran Sporiš: Faculty of Kinesiology, University of Zagreb, 10 100 Zagreb, Croatia

Sustainability, 2018, vol. 10, issue 11, 1-8

Abstract: The main purpose of the present study was to explore the associations of sleep duration and sleep quality with self-rated health. In this cross-sectional study, participants were 894 elderly individuals. Self-rated health, sleep duration, and sleep quality were self-reported. The associations were examined using multiple logistic regression analyses.After adjusting for sex, physical activity, smoking consumption, alcohol consumption, psychological distress, socioeconomic status, and chronic disease/s, sleeping <6 h (OR (Odds ratio) = 3.21; 95% CI (95 percent confident interval) 1.61 to 6.39), 6–7 h (OR = 2.47; 95% CI 1.40 to 4.36), 8–9 h (OR = 3.26; 95% CI 1.82 to 5.83), and >9 h (OR = 3.62; 95% CI 1.57 to 8.34) and having ‘poor’ sleep quality (≥5 points; OR = 2.33; 95% CI 1.46 to 3.73) were associated with ‘poor’ self-rated health. When sleep duration and sleep quality were entered simultaneously into the model, the same associations remained. Our findings provide evidence that both ‘short’ and ‘long’ sleep and ‘poor’ sleep quality are associated with ‘poor’ self-rated health. Thus, interventions that promote healthy sleep hygiene in the elderly are warranted.

Keywords: sleep hygiene; health; old people; association; logistic regression (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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