Sleep disorders among the elderly people at old home

Abstract

Purpose: To identify the prevalence of The sleep disorders among the elderly people at old home. Objectives: To explore socio-demographic (age, gender, living area, previous occupation) information of the participants, to examine the prevalence of Insomnia among elderly The people at old home, to find out the prevalence of Psychiatric Disorders among The elderly people at old home, to find out the prevalence of Movement disorders among The elderly people at old home and to find out the prevalence of Sleep apnea among The elderly people at old home. Methods: The study design was cross-sectional. Total 82 samples were selected for this study from old home in Dhaka city. A self-developed questionnaire was used to collect the participant’s information. The study was conducted by using quantitative descriptive analysis through using SPSS software 25.0 version. Results: In this study, the results found that 60-69 year olds made up 76.8% (n=63), 70- 79 year olds made up 19.5% (n=16), and 80-90 year olds made up 3.7 % (n=3). Males made up 51.2% of the group (n=42), while females made up 48.8 % (n=40). Among the 82 participants lived in 67.1% urban area (n=55),20.7% semi urban area (n=17) and 12.2% rural area (n=10) and 72% (n=59) participants out of 82 participants have suffered from sleep disorders and 28% (n=23) participants had not been suffered from sleep disorders, out of 82 participant’s insomnia 71%(n=59), Psychiatric Disorders 18%(n=15), Movement disorders 13%(n=11), sleep apnea 2%(n=2) and 46% (n=38) participants out of 82 participants were received treatment and 54% (n=44) participants were not received treatment. Conclusion: This study focuses on finding out sleep disorders and relation between socio-demographic factors and sleep disorders, Keywords: Sleep disorders, Old home, Elderly people, Rapid eye movement. Word count:10,535