Sleep quality and associated factors among elderly in Hospital Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM)

Sleep quality among elderly during hospitalization is neglected because many think it is an only normal condition when increasing in age. This neglect is evident when many elderly complaints they having difficulty in sleep during hospitalization as well as at home. The aim of this study was to asses...

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Main Author:	Azman, Norakhmal Syahirah
Format:	Thesis
Language:	English
Published:	2020
Subjects:	R Medicine
Online Access:	http://eprints.usm.my/50525/1/Norakhmal%20Syahirah-24%20pages.pdf
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spelling	my-usm-ep.505252021-11-07T05:56:42Z Sleep quality and associated factors among elderly in Hospital Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM) 2020-06 Azman, Norakhmal Syahirah R Medicine Sleep quality among elderly during hospitalization is neglected because many think it is an only normal condition when increasing in age. This neglect is evident when many elderly complaints they having difficulty in sleep during hospitalization as well as at home. The aim of this study was to assess the sleep quality and associated factors among the elderly in Hospital USM. A cross-sectional study was undertaken involving 60 participants using purposive sampling. The questionnaire using interview face to face was used for data collection from February 2020 until March 2020. Mann-Whitney and Kruskal Wallis test was used to examine the mean score differences between selected socio-demographic factors and sleep quality during hospitalization. The mean age of the participants was 68.4 (7.4) years between 60-89 years. The findings revealed that the majority 81.7% had poor sleep quality among elderly during hospitalization. A statistically significant mean score differences were observed between sleep pattern and sleep quality in aspects number of awakenings (p = 0.02) and sleep latency (p = 0.03). Therefore, it can be concluded that the sleep quality of elderly during hospitalization was poor. Factors that associated need to be identified so that the suitable education to get better and quality sleep can be given. 2020-06 Thesis http://eprints.usm.my/50525/ http://eprints.usm.my/50525/1/Norakhmal%20Syahirah-24%20pages.pdf application/pdf en public masters Universiti Sains Malaysia Pusat Pengajian Sains Kesihatan
institution	Universiti Sains Malaysia
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language	English
topic	R Medicine
spellingShingle	R Medicine Azman, Norakhmal Syahirah Sleep quality and associated factors among elderly in Hospital Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM)
description	Sleep quality among elderly during hospitalization is neglected because many think it is an only normal condition when increasing in age. This neglect is evident when many elderly complaints they having difficulty in sleep during hospitalization as well as at home. The aim of this study was to assess the sleep quality and associated factors among the elderly in Hospital USM. A cross-sectional study was undertaken involving 60 participants using purposive sampling. The questionnaire using interview face to face was used for data collection from February 2020 until March 2020. Mann-Whitney and Kruskal Wallis test was used to examine the mean score differences between selected socio-demographic factors and sleep quality during hospitalization. The mean age of the participants was 68.4 (7.4) years between 60-89 years. The findings revealed that the majority 81.7% had poor sleep quality among elderly during hospitalization. A statistically significant mean score differences were observed between sleep pattern and sleep quality in aspects number of awakenings (p = 0.02) and sleep latency (p = 0.03). Therefore, it can be concluded that the sleep quality of elderly during hospitalization was poor. Factors that associated need to be identified so that the suitable education to get better and quality sleep can be given.
format	Thesis
qualification_level	Master's degree
author	Azman, Norakhmal Syahirah
author_facet	Azman, Norakhmal Syahirah
author_sort	Azman, Norakhmal Syahirah
title	Sleep quality and associated factors among elderly in Hospital Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM)
title_short	Sleep quality and associated factors among elderly in Hospital Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM)
title_full	Sleep quality and associated factors among elderly in Hospital Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM)
title_fullStr	Sleep quality and associated factors among elderly in Hospital Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM)
title_full_unstemmed	Sleep quality and associated factors among elderly in Hospital Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM)
title_sort	sleep quality and associated factors among elderly in hospital universiti sains malaysia (usm)
granting_institution	Universiti Sains Malaysia
granting_department	Pusat Pengajian Sains Kesihatan
publishDate	2020
url	http://eprints.usm.my/50525/1/Norakhmal%20Syahirah-24%20pages.pdf
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Sleep quality and associated factors among elderly in Hospital Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM)

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