Motion och sömnkvalitet hos äldre personer i en kommun i sydöstra Sverige
Hälsa och vårdvetenskapHealth and health scienceElderlyPersonsHealthNon-parametric testsPhysicalActivitySleepQuality.
Background: The population of the world is getting older and in the year of
2020, 1.2 billion people will be 60 years or older. A common health complaint
affecting the quality of life in elderly persons are sleep difficulties.
Physical activity is claimed to improve sleep quality and the maintenance of a
normal circadian rhythm. Several studies have shown positive effects of
physical activity on sleep quality, still the evidence of physical activity as
sleep-promoter is insufficient. Aim: The aim of this study was to investigate
associations between physical activities and sleep quality in persons ?60 years
of age. Methods: The study had a cross-sectional design and the study sample
consisted of persons ?60 years. Nine hundred and forty-five persons were
included in the study and the associations between physical activity and sleep
quality as well as health and physical function were calculated through
non-parametric statistics. Results: In this study 524 (55.4%) were female. Mean
age for females was 74.3 years (SD10.3) respectively 72.8 years (SD 10.1) for
men (p= 0.035), 71.2 % performed physical activities regularly and there were
no differences between genders. Physical activity had the strongest
correlations with decreased daytime sleep, younger age (