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Abstract

Objective To investigate the correlation among sleep quality, living quality and mental state among gerontal patients in hospital. Methods Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI), Short Form Health Survey (SF-36), the Geriatric Depression Scale (GDS) and Self-rating Anxiety Scale (SAS) were adopted to investigate the sleep quality, living quality, and mental states in 78 patients from April to November 2011, who older than 75 years in hospital. Measurement data of normal distribution was expressed by±s, the comparison between two groups was evaluated by independent-samplesttest, correlativity was evaluated by pearson correlation analysis. Results The PSQI score of 78 patients was 0~18(7.9±3.8). The number of normal sleeper(PSQI≤7) was 38(48.7%); the number of sleep disorders patients(PSQI>7)was 40(51.3%). The scores of physical function (PF), role-physical (RP), Bodily Pain(BP), general health (GH) and vitality (VT), social function (SF), role emotional (RE), mental healthwere 0~100(63.9±22.1), 0~100(56.4±42.2),12~100(71.4±23.0) , 10~75(47.3±13.8), 20~90(56.6±16.6), 0~100(78.7±22.3), 0~100(73.4±40.2), 40~100(68.7±12.2)respectively. The scores of sleep quality, living quality, degree of anxiety and depression between men and female had no statistically significant differences (P>0.05). The scores of PF, RP, GH, VT in sleep disorders group were significant lower than that in sleep normal group(t=4.21, 2.30, 2.30, 2.96;P<0.05 or 0.01), meanwhilethe score of SAS was significant higher than that in sleep normal group(t=-3.05,P<0.01). The score of PSQI was negatively correlated with physical function (PF), role-physical (RP), general health (GH) and vitality (VT)(r=-0.51,-0.34,-0.25,-0.35;P<0.01),and positively with score of SAS(r=0.41,P<0.01). The score of GDS was negatively correlated with PF, BP, GH, VT, SF, RE andMH(r=-0.34,-0.29,-0.32,-0.27,-0.30,-0.31,-0.33;P<0.01), meanwhile was positively correlated with score of SAS(r=0.04,P<0.01). The score of SAS was negatively correlated with PF, BP, GH and RE(r=-0.33,-0.25,-0.25,-0.27;P<0.01). Conclusion There are close correlation among sleep quality, living quality and mental state among gerontal patients in hospital. Positive measures should be taken to intervene the sleep and mental problems, thereby improve the living quality of patients. Key words: Old people; Sleep quality; Living quality; Psychological phenomena and processes