Investigation of the elderly's sleep quality in cadre's sanitarium and strategies of health care

Objective To investigate sleep quality of the elderly in cadre's sanitarium,and to provide the strategies of health care for improving sleep quality.Methods 140 cases of the elderly whose ages were older than or equal to 60 in cadre's sanitarium were selected by cluster sampling method.Their sleep quality were investigated with the Pittsburgh sleep quality index(PSQI).Results(1)The average score of PSQI was 7.03±4.22.46.4% of the elderly who had sleep problems.(2)The older women's sleep quality were generally poorer than the men's sleep(P0.05).Sleep quality had significantly negative correlation with age(P0.05).The aged people with higher educational level had better sleep quality(P0.05).Conclusion Sleep quality of the elderly in cadre's sanitarium is not optimistic.It is suggested that more countermeasures should be applied in order to improve their sleep quality.