A Community-Based Study of Subjective Sleep Disturbance, Healthy Lifestyle, and Mental Health Among the Elderly

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the associations between subjective sleep disturbance, healthy lifestyle, and mental health among 180 elderly people in the community. The following findings were obtained; 1) 29.3% male and 60.2% of female reported that subjective sleep disturbance. There was a significant gender difference, with prevalence of subjective sleep disturbance being higher in females than males. 2) The factors related to subjective sleep disturbance in males included age and depression, but no factors were found for the female group. This suggested that we should carefully evaluate subjective sleep disturbance and need to evaluate associations with other factors.