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Assessment of loneliness, quality of sleep and affecting factors in elders

Yaşlılarda yalnızlık, uyku kalitesi ve etkileyen faktorlerin değerlendirilmesi

Naile BİLGİLİ
Yeter KİTİŞ
Sultan AYAZ
Pages
81–88
Publication Date
2022-11-04
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The relationship between the average loneliness score and age, educational background, childbearing, and the number of visitors were significant (p

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Introduction: Assessment of loneliness, quality of sleep and affecting factors in elders. Materials and Method: A total of 428 elders were included in the research. The research data were collected using the loneliness scale (UCLA-LS) and Pittsburgh sleep quality index (PSQI). One-way analysis of variance, t test and Pearson analysis of correlation were used to evaluate the data. Results: The average loneliness score was 41.87±8.43. The average loneliness score of those living in the nursing home was higher than that of those living in the home environment. The relationship between the average loneliness score and age, educational background, childbearing, and the number of visitors were significant (p

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Giriş: Yaşlılarda yalnızlık, uyku kalitesi ve etkileyen faktörlerin incelenmesidir. Gereç ve Yöntem: Araştırmaya toplam 428 yaşlı katılmıştır. Araştırma verileri, Yalnızlık Ölçeğ i (UCLA-LS) ve Pittsburgh Uyku Kalitesi ‹ndeksi (PUK‹) kullanılarak toplanmıştır. Verilerin değerlendirilmesinde tek yönlü varyans analizi, t test ve Pearson korelasyon analizi kullanılmıştır. Bulgular: Yaşlılarda yalnızlık puan ortalaması 41,87±8,43 olup, huzurevinde yaşayanların yalnı zlık puan ortalaması daha yüksektir. Yaş, öğrenim durumu, çocuk sahibi olma, ziyaretçi gelme durumu ile yalnızlık puan ortalaması arasında ilişki anlamlıdır (p

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BİLGİLİ, N., KİTİŞ, Y., AYAZ, S. (2022). Assessment of loneliness, quality of sleep and affecting factors in elders. Türk Geriatri Dergisi, Cilt: 15 - Sayı: 1, 81–88. https://ajindex.com/articles/623976

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