Sleep Pattern and Related Factors of Healthy Adults

Kim, Sin Mi

doi:1997.6.1.116

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Journal of Korean Academy of psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing 1997;6(1):116-131.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.12934/jkpmhn.1997.6.1.116 Published online June 30, 1997.

Sleep Pattern and Related Factors of Healthy Adults

Sin Mi Kim

Dae Jeon Junior College of Nursing

성인의 수면실태와 관련요인에 대한 연구

김신미

대전전문대학 간호과

Abstract

Sleep is an essential component in health and the quality of life of individual. Normally, sleep pattern changes with advancing age. These changes often result in sleep impairment and become a major stressor in adult. Sleep problems are not rare among healthy adults. Even though sleep impairment among adults has been well documented in western countries, few studies have been conducted related to the sleep in Korea. The purpose of this study is to explore sleep pattern, related factors, and sleep satisfaction among healthy community — dwelling adults, so that basic informations regarding adult’s sleep can be established. 409 subjects over 20 —year—old were participated in the study. The survey questionnaire was developed by translation and modification of two well — known sleep questionnaires which originally developed by Monroe (1967) and Ellis, et al. (1982). Pilot study was completed for fianl contents of a questionnaire. SPSS /PC+ was utilized for data analysis, results are as follows: 1. Sleep complaints were reported by 27.9% of the suects. 2. Most of the subjects reported to go to bed be tween 9—11pm. and get up between 4-6am. 3. Regarding sleep-disturbing factors, physical factor(21.8%), emotional factor(42.7%), environ mental factor (48.4%) were reported. 4. 21.3% of the subjects practiced some type of strategies for better sleep. But a few(6.5%) used hyphotics mainly in occasional base. 5. Variables showed statistically significant differ ence in sleep satisfaction were : getting up right away upon waking : frequency of awakening dur ing night time sleep : difficulty in falling asleep : feeling rested upon waking in the morning : diffi culty in going back to sleep after awakening dur ing night time sleep. 6. Feeling rested upon waking at morning and diffi culties of going back to sleep during night sleep explained sleep satisfaction with 31% explanation power. From the results of this study, it can be concluded that the adults in the community do have some sleep impairment but do not practice adequate strategies for better sleep. Further researchs are needed to de velop better sleep measurement tool to identify sleep pattern of clints and to develop and evaluate nursing intervention.

Key Words: Adult; Sleep

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