Korean J Rehabil Nurs.  2018 Jun;21(1):43-50. 10.7587/kjrehn.2018.43.

Relations of Sleep Quality, Lifestyle, and Successful Aging in the Elderly Attending a Senior Welfare Center

• Kim S
• Kim P
• Lee SH
• Lee E
• Lee J
• Kim KM

• KMID: 2437242
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.7587/kjrehn.2018.43

Abstract

PURPOSE
The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship of sleep quality, lifestyle and successful aging in the elderly.
METHODS
The subjects of this study were 125 elderly people, aged 65 years and older, who attended a senior welfare center in Cheongju city, Korea. They completed a structured self-reported questionnaire comprising measures of quality of sleep, lifestyle, and successful aging. Data were analyzed using t-test, ANOVA, Scheffé's test, Pearson's correlation coefficient, and hierarchical linear multiple regression analysis with SPSS/WIN 20.0.
RESULTS
Lifestyle showed a positive correlation with the quality of sleep, and successful aging showed a significant positive correlation with quality of sleep and lifestyle. Pin money (β=.32), quality of sleep (β=.20) and lifestyle (β=.55) were strong influential factors in successful aging. Hierarchical multiple regression analysis showed the determinant variables account for 35.9% of the variation in successful aging (F=35.11, p < .001).
CONCLUSION
Successful aging depends on controllable factors such as the willingness to change the lifestyle of choosing one's life and how one copes with applying appropriate sleep hygiene. These results suggest that improvement of the quality of sleep and lifestyle will be helpful to the successful aging process.

Keyword

Elderly; Sleep; Lifestyle; Aging

MeSH Terms

Aged*
Aging*
Chungcheongbuk-do
Humans
Hygiene
Korea
Life Style*