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Postmenopausal Women's Quality of Sleep and its Related Factors
Simin Taavoni1, Neda Nazem Ekbatani2, Hamid Haghani3
1Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery, Research Institute for Islamic and Complementary Medicine (RICM), Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran ; Faculty of Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Aims:
To asses self-reported sleep disturbance and its associated factors in 50-60-year-old Menopause women.
Settings And Design:
This cross sectional study included 700 healthy 50-60-year-old women volunteers who were postmenopausal for at least 1 year. The volunteers were interviewed after providing informed consent. The study questioner included two main aspects: Personal characteristics and the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI). Data were analyzed by using SPSS 14 software.
Results:
The mean sleep scale score was 7.84 ± 4.4. Significant correlations had seen between sleep disturbance and characteristics of occupational status, educational status, husband's occupational status, and economical status, and (P = 0.002). There were no significant correlation between sleep disturbance and other personal characteristics, such as age; partner's age; number of children; family size; consumption of tea, coffee, or cola.
Conclusions:
Sleep disturbance is common in menopausal women. Taking into account the sleep-related personal characteristics, suitable interventions should be taken to improve sleep quality, which is a very important for maintaining the quality of life.
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