Percepción de la calidad del sueño en adultos mayores de un club de jubilados
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https://doi.org/10.66476/mf.v2n2.7357Keywords:
adultos mayores, sueño, calidad, envejecimiento, atención primaria de salud, ParaguayAbstract
Introducción: El envejecimiento se asocia con cambios fisiológicos que deterioran la calidad del sueño, componente esencial del bienestar en el adulto mayor. El objetivo fue analizar la percepción de la calidad del sueño en miembros del club de adultos mayores del Instituto de Previsión Social de Ciudad del Este, Paraguay.
Materiales y métodos: Estudio descriptivo, cuantitativo y transversal, en una muestra no probabilística por conveniencia de 47 adultos mayores. Se aplicó el cuestionario de Pittsburgh, adaptado para la investigación.
Resultados: Edad promedio 72 años (rango 62-92); predominaron sexo femenino (77 %), estado civil casado (47 %) y escolaridad secundaria (38 %). Los factores más frecuentes fueron medicación para dormir ≥3 veces/semana (28 %), despertares nocturnos (38 %), dolor (36 %) y pesadillas (32 %). El 74 % calificó su calidad subjetiva y su duración de sueño como muy buena o bastante buena; el 58 % presentó latencia bastante mala o muy mala, y el 28 % eficiencia <65 %.
Conclusión: Los adultos mayores del club estudiado perciben mayoritariamente buena calidad de sueño en duración y satisfacción subjetiva, pero enfrentan dificultades en latencia y eficiencia asociadas al dolor, despertares y medicación, lo que respalda intervenciones no farmacológicas en esta población.
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