%0 Journal Article
%T An Important Problems Affect£¿ng Sleep In Elderly Ind£¿v£¿duals: Incont£¿nence
%A £¿zlem CEYHAN
%J -
%D 2018
%X Introduction: This study was conducted to determine sleep quality and affecting factors, incidence of incontinence, quality of life and quality of sleep of incontinence elderly people living in nursing homes. Materials and Methods: This study was conducted on 115 individuals living in a nursing home. As Data Collection Tool, The elderly individual information form, Pittsburg Sleep Quality Index (PUKI), International Incontinence Questionnaire (ICIQ-SF), and Incontinence Quality of Life Scale (IQOL) were used. The data were collected by taking ethical committee, institutional permissions and written approvals of elderly individuals. Findings: The mean age of the elderly individuals surveyed was 75.49 ¡À 8.62, 58.3% of them were male, 60.0% were not educated, 98.3% were widowed and 75.0% had chronic diseases. In the study, it was determined that the averages of PUKI scores of the elderly were 8.33 ¡À 4.16 and 83.5% had poor sleep quality. It was determined that 87.0% of the elderly were waking up at night and the reasons for waking up were the maximum number of toilet flushes (60.0%). It was also found that 60.9% of the individuals did not feel rested after sleeping and 35.7% of them stated that they slept during the day. When the incontinence status of elderly individuals were examined, it was determined that 20.0% had incontinence, 76.1% had no apparent cause and 66.6% had urinary incontinence. Individuals had a mean ICIQ-SF score of 10.65 ¡À 4.40 and 80.9% were found to experience urinary incontinence at an uncomfortable level. The mean IQOL score of the individuals with incontinence was 63.39 ¡À 11.26 and their quality of life was adversely affected. Conclusion: Nearly all the elderly individuals were found to have sleeping problems and 20% had incontinence. In the elderly, sleep quality was not affected by incontinence, but incontinence-related quality of life decreased
%K Ya£¿l£¿
%K Uyku Kalitesi
%K £¿nkontinans
%K £¿nkontinans Ya£¿am Kalitesi
%U http://dergipark.org.tr/eujhs/issue/44573/553194