SUBJECTIVE EVALUATION OF SLEEP AND THE USE OF HYPNOTICS IN NURSING-HOMES

被引：10

作者：

SEPPALA, M

RAJALA, T

SOURANDER, L

机构：

[1] Department of Geriatric Medicine, University of Turku, Turku, SF-20700

来源：

AGING-CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL RESEARCH | 1993年 / 5卷 / 03期

关键词：

HYPNOTICS; NURSING HOMES; SLEEP BEHAVIOR;

D O I：

10.1007/BF03324155

中图分类号：

R592 [老年病学]; C [社会科学总论];

学科分类号：

03 ; 0303 ; 100203 ;

摘要：

The purpose of the study was to evaluate the sleep habits and the use of hypnotics in the elderly living in nursing homes. The study population consisted of 60 subjects aged 61-99 years who were interviewed by a geriatrician. The use of hypnotics was frequent (53%), but not associated with gender, memory impairment, moving disability, depression, quality of sleep or sleep behaviour Users of hypnotics had shorter total sleep time (TST) and got up earlier from bed in the morning than the non-users. Most of the subjects perceived their sleep as interrupted but satisfactory. The elderly with impaired memory slept longer, stayed in bed longer, and took their hypnotics significantly earlier than those with normal memory. As we found no explaining factors for the use of hypnotics, we suggest regular evaluation of their administration in nursing homes. The subjective need for hypnotics, not the nursing home practices, should decide the necessity of these drugs and the medication times in nursing home residents.

引用

页码：199 / 205

页数：7

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