The Association between Sleep Quality and Loneliness in Rural Older Individuals: A Cross-Sectional Study in Shandong Province, China.
Background: There is a evidence of negative association between loneliness and sleep quality in older adults. However, little is known regarding the relationship between loneliness and sleep quality among Chinese rural older adults. This study examined the associations of loneliness and sleep quality in a cross-sectional study of older adults.
Methods: A face-to-face questionnaire survey was conducted among 1658 rural older adults in Shandong Province, China. Loneliness was assessed using the University of California at Los Angeles Loneliness Scale. Sleep quality was assessed using the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index. Ordinal logistic regression was conducted to examine the association of loneliness and sleep quality after adjustment for multiple confounding variables.
Results: After variables such as age, marriage, education, occupation, economic income, family relationships, living arrangement, smoking behavior, alcohol consumption, chronic disease experience, and quality of life were controlled in a multivariable analysis, poor sleep quality was still associated with loneliness in the rural older population.
Conclusion: This finding implied an adverse effect of sleep quality on the loneliness of older adults. Poor sleep quality was associated with increased odds of loneliness in Chinese rural older adults. Sleep-based interventions should be developed to prevent loneliness in rural older adults in China.
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The Association between Sleep Quality and Loneliness in Rural Older Individuals: A Cross-Sectional Study in Shandong Province, China.
Posted 16 Apr, 2020
On 13 Apr, 2020
On 31 Mar, 2020
On 10 Mar, 2020
On 09 Mar, 2020
On 09 Mar, 2020
On 11 Feb, 2020
Received 26 Jan, 2020
Received 19 Jan, 2020
On 15 Jan, 2020
On 07 Jan, 2020
Invitations sent on 06 Jan, 2020
On 30 Dec, 2019
On 29 Dec, 2019
On 29 Dec, 2019
On 05 Nov, 2019
Received 05 Oct, 2019
Received 27 Sep, 2019
On 14 Sep, 2019
On 08 Sep, 2019
Invitations sent on 26 Aug, 2019
On 19 Aug, 2019
On 11 Jul, 2019
On 10 Jul, 2019
Background: There is a evidence of negative association between loneliness and sleep quality in older adults. However, little is known regarding the relationship between loneliness and sleep quality among Chinese rural older adults. This study examined the associations of loneliness and sleep quality in a cross-sectional study of older adults.
Methods: A face-to-face questionnaire survey was conducted among 1658 rural older adults in Shandong Province, China. Loneliness was assessed using the University of California at Los Angeles Loneliness Scale. Sleep quality was assessed using the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index. Ordinal logistic regression was conducted to examine the association of loneliness and sleep quality after adjustment for multiple confounding variables.
Results: After variables such as age, marriage, education, occupation, economic income, family relationships, living arrangement, smoking behavior, alcohol consumption, chronic disease experience, and quality of life were controlled in a multivariable analysis, poor sleep quality was still associated with loneliness in the rural older population.
Conclusion: This finding implied an adverse effect of sleep quality on the loneliness of older adults. Poor sleep quality was associated with increased odds of loneliness in Chinese rural older adults. Sleep-based interventions should be developed to prevent loneliness in rural older adults in China.
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