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Multi-Modal Home Sleep Monitoring in Older Adults
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老年成年人对睡眠自我催眠的意愿,偏好和获取:一个横截面调查
Nathan Wofford1, Carolyn R Rausch1, Gary R Elkins1
1Department of Psychology and Neuroscience, Baylor University, Waco, Texas, USA.
概括
老年人愿意尝试睡眠的自我催眠,更喜欢像应用程序这样的数字方法. 然而,对于这一群体来说,获得这些有益的睡眠干预措施的机会仍然有限.
科学领域:
- 老年学是一门学科.
- 睡眠医学 睡眠医学
- 行为健康 行为健康
背景情况:
- 睡眠障碍是影响老年人 (45+) 的重大公共卫生问题.
- 老龄化人口往往对心理干预缺乏信任,阻碍了像自我催眠等潜在有益的治疗方法的采用.
- 了解这些障碍对于改善老年人睡眠健康至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 评估影响知情老年人使用睡眠自我催眠的因素.
- 评估这个人口群体对睡眠的自我催眠干预措施的意愿,偏好和获取.
- 在老年人中识别潜在的促进者和障碍物,以采用自我催眠来实现睡眠.
主要方法:
- 一项涉及244名老年成年人的研究,他们收到了关于睡眠自我催眠的信息.
- 参与者填写了关于睡眠相关的焦虑,压力和自我催眠的感知 (意愿,好处,障碍,偏好,访问) 的问卷.
- 数据分析的重点是确定与自我催眠使用相关的人口和心理因素.
主要成果:
- 有信息的老年人表现出愿意参与睡眠的自我催眠,无论种族或性别.
- 技术交付方法,如远程医疗和智能手机应用程序,是首选的,以及灵活的日程安排.
- 愿意和实际获得自我催眠资源之间的差距很大.
结论:
- 自我催眠是一种可行的和理想的干预措施,以改善老年人的睡眠.
- 数字化和灵活的交付格式是增加对睡眠自我催眠的参与度的关键.
- 解决访问障碍对于将意愿转化为广泛使用和改善睡眠健康结果至关重要.
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