Investigating Major Related Determinants of Short or Long Sleep Time among Older Koreans in the Community Choi Hye-Sook1, Kwon Moon-Hee2,* 1Dept. of Dental Hygiene, Kyungdong University, Wonju, 26495, Korea 2Dept. of Nursing, Kyungdong University, Wonju, 26495, Korea *Corresponding Author: Moon-Hee Kwon, Associate Professor, Dept of Nursing, Kyungdong University, Korea, Email: ellizzabeth@hanmail.net
Online published on 2 February, 2019. Abstract Background Sleep time problems are increasingespecially for the elderly population globally. This study was conducted to investigate the determinant major factors of sleep time problems. Method Over 65 aged respondents were participated and used the data of 1180 subjects through multiple-level logistic regressions with complex sampling methods by the national representative data for a cross-sectional study. Findings As results, the prevalence of abnormal sleep, lack or excessive status, was 62.5% of the Korean elderly. The determinant factors of sleep time were gender (female), middle income (economic level) group and age (70–79) significantly. Improvements Therefore, specialized public health interventions by gender, age, and economic level should be urgently prepared to control the sleep problem especially for the remarkably aging population in the community. Top Keywords Short or long sleep, Gender, Income, Economic level, Age, Older people, Korea. Top |