Sleep Quality and Mental Health Correlation in Institutionalized Older Adults

Abstract

Sleeping difficulties often occur in the senior population. A primary sleeping disorder arises from the physiological deterioration associated with age; conversely, subsequent sleeping issues stem from several factors related to physical and mental health. The current study seeks to elucidate the relationship between sleeping habits and mental wellness in aging, focusing on how various factors typically linked to sleep, such as cognitive and physiological elements, as well as medications for sleep, forecast low levels of sleep across multiple phases of life. The researchers performed many analyses (ANOVAs, Pearson correlations, and linear declines) to evaluate the study's hypotheses. Among a cohort of 180 respondents (comprising old, middle-aged, and young people), 143 people exhibiting poor sleeping habits were identified. Distinct prognostic patterns appeared among the three groups. The use of sleeping medicine linked to deteriorated sleeping circumstances is anticipated by inadequate sleeping quality in older people and by depression in young individuals. Conversely, worsening sleeping quality is forecasted by sadness in middle-aged individuals. This investigation is the first to analyze the characteristics of insufficient sleep in aging, contrasting with previous research that concentrated on changing from excellent to poor sleeping duration and varying sleeping habits over the lifetime. This data needs to be evaluated from a preventative standpoint.