کیفیت خواب و برخی عوامل فردی مرتبط در سالمندان مقیم سراهای سالمندی

Introduction and purpose: Sleep quality is an important health indicator among elderly. Recognizing factors that affect sleep among elderly may help researchers to develop interventions for promoting quality of sleep. &nbsp;Therefore, this study aimed to identify sleep quality of elderly and its related factors. Materials & Methods: This descriptive correlational study was conducted among elderly residing at nursing homes of Isfahan city. &nbsp;We used stratified random sampling method to collect 91 elderly into the current study. Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI) was used to measure sleep quality of elderly. &nbsp;Data were analyzed by SPSS using independent sample t-test, analysis of variance and correlation coefficients. Findings: Elderly participated in this study aged 77.3 &plusmn; 9.4 years old in average and mean score of PSQI was 17.01&plusmn;5.89. Majority of respondents (90.1%) had poor sleep quality. There were significant relationships between sleep quality and age, level of physical activity, daily walking, self care activities, visiting relatives and type of room (p<0.05). &nbsp;However, we found no significant association between sleep quality and sex, marriage, current diseases and tobacco use (p>0.05). Conclusion: Findings from this study revealed that majority of seniors had poor sleep quality. &nbsp;Therefore, it is of great importance to encourage elderly to utilize several healthy behaviors such as regular physical activity, walking and self-care activities.