TY - JOUR
T1 - Nursing Home Eligible, Community-Dwelling Older Adults’ Perceptions and Beliefs About Sleep
T2 - A Mixed-Methods Study
AU - McPhillips, Miranda V.
AU - Dickson, Victoria V.
AU - Cacchione, Pamela Z.
AU - Li, Junxin
AU - Gooneratne, Nalaka
AU - Riegel, Barbara
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© The Author(s) 2019.
PY - 2020/3/1
Y1 - 2020/3/1
N2 - Sleep disturbances are highly prevalent in older adults; little is known about sleep in those who remain living in the community despite qualifying for nursing home placement. We conducted a concurrent, nested, mixed-methods study to describe sleep characteristics and sleep disturbances in this population. Our final sample (n = 40) was Black (100%), female (85%) older adults with a mean (±SD) age of 72 ± 9.5 years. Of these, 35 had objectively measured short or long sleep duration, and 30 had subjectively reported poor sleep quality. Our evidence suggests that sleep disturbances are common in this group, and these older adults had adjusted their expectations and adapted to their sleep disturbances. Given that at-risk older adults may not perceive their sleep disturbances as problematic, clinicians must proactively assess sleep and educate about the importance of sleep. These results reveal modifiable factors with potential to improve health outcomes in this vulnerable population.
AB - Sleep disturbances are highly prevalent in older adults; little is known about sleep in those who remain living in the community despite qualifying for nursing home placement. We conducted a concurrent, nested, mixed-methods study to describe sleep characteristics and sleep disturbances in this population. Our final sample (n = 40) was Black (100%), female (85%) older adults with a mean (±SD) age of 72 ± 9.5 years. Of these, 35 had objectively measured short or long sleep duration, and 30 had subjectively reported poor sleep quality. Our evidence suggests that sleep disturbances are common in this group, and these older adults had adjusted their expectations and adapted to their sleep disturbances. Given that at-risk older adults may not perceive their sleep disturbances as problematic, clinicians must proactively assess sleep and educate about the importance of sleep. These results reveal modifiable factors with potential to improve health outcomes in this vulnerable population.
KW - aged
KW - frail elderly
KW - mixed methods
KW - sleep
KW - sleep–wake disorders
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U2 - 10.1177/1054773819849348
DO - 10.1177/1054773819849348
M3 - Article
C2 - 31104492
AN - SCOPUS:85067699636
SN - 1054-7738
VL - 29
SP - 177
EP - 188
JO - Clinical Nursing Research
JF - Clinical Nursing Research
IS - 3
ER -