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.
Sleep time problems are increasingespecially for the elderly population globally. This study was conducted to investigate the determinant major factors of sleep time problems.
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.
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.
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.
Short or long sleep, Gender, Income, Economic level, Age, Older people, Korea
