Severity of Insomnia, Depression, and Quality of Life in Elderly
노인의 불면정도에 따른 우울 및 삶의 질
- Park, Seungmi (Department of Nursing, Sunlin College University) ;
- Kim, Jiyun (Johns Hopkins University) ;
- Jang, In Sun (Department of Nursing, Sunlin College University) ;
- Park, Eun-Jun (Department of Nursing, Kyungwon University)
- Received : 2008.08.30
- Accepted : 2008.10.30
- Published : 2008.11.30
Abstract
Purpose: The purpose of this study was to compare depression and quality of life(QOL) according to the severity of insomnia in elderly. Method: The survey participants were 463 community-dwelling adults aged 65 or older. Severity of insomnia was measured by assessing a time-length to get to sleep, the number of breaks in sleep, a time-length to get to sleep after awakening, and a usual sleep pattern. Depression and QOL was measured, respectively, a modified Zung's depression scale and SF-36. The data were collected from May to June in 2005 and analyzed using the SPSS program for descriptive statistics,
본 연구는 60세 이상의 노인 463명을 대상으로 불면정도를 평가하고, 그 영향에 따라 우울 및 삶의 질에 어떠한 영향을 미치는지 확인하기 위하여 실시되었다. 불면정도는 입면장애, 수면유지장애, 재입면 장애, 전반적인 수면양상의 네 가지 점수를 합산한 후 점수분포에 따라 정상, 경증, 중증으로 나누어 평가하였다. 우울은 변형된 Zung의 우울척도를 이용하고, 삶의 질은 SF-36을 이용하여 측정하였다. 자료의 분석은 SPSS 16.0 프로그램을 이용하여 빈도, 백분율, 평균과 표준편차,