Abstract
Objective: To determine the effect of activities of daily living and
depression symptom level on sleep quality in the elderly with heart failure.
Methodology: In this descriptive study the sample consisted of 95 patients
presented to the cardiology outpatient clinic of a university hospital due to
heart failure and who met the inclusion criteria of the study. The research
data wss collected using the Personal Information Form, the Pittsburgh
Sleep Quality Index, the Katz Index-Activities of Daily Living and the
Geriatric Depression Scale-Short Form.
Results: It was found that the sleep quality of all patients who participated
in the study was low (9.98 ± 2.74). The mean depression symptom level
score of the patients was high (7.58 ± 3.58), and that sleep quality
decreased as the depression symptom level score increased (p<0.05).
There was no relationship between the total activities of daily living score
and the total sleep quality score, and that the sleep quality of the
dependent patients in the washing and transfer dimensions, which are the
sub-dimensions of activities of daily living, were lower than that of the
independent ones. Also, it was found that as the level of dependence
increased in the daily living activities increased, the level of depression
symptoms increased too.
Conclusions: The study revealed that elderly patients with heart failure
experienced significant sleep problems and that their sleep quality
decreased as the depression symptom levels increased.
Abdullah Avci, Meral GÜN. (2021) The Effect Of Activities Of Daily Living And Depression Symptom Level On Sleep Quality In The Elderly With Heart Failure, Pakistan Heart Journal, Volume-54, Issue-1.
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