Geriatrik Popülasyonda Eş ve Çocuk Kayıplarının Uyku Düzeni ve Kalitesine Etkisi

Year 2025, Volume: 8 Issue: 2, 150 - 158, 30.08.2025

Hayrettin Göçmen , Gülçin Bölük , Gizem Arslan

Abstract

Amaç: Geriatride eş ve çocuk kaybının uyku düzeni ve kalitesi üzerine etkisini belirlemek ve demografik faktörlerle karşılaştırarak geriatrinin tıbbi sorunlarına farklı yaklaşımlar sunmak.
Gereç ve Yöntemler: Çalışmaya 65 yaş üstü 1725 kişi dahil edildi. Veriler demografik bilgileri içeren bir anket, Stanford ve Epworth Uykululuk Ölçekleri kullanılarak toplandı ve Mann-Whitney U testi ile analiz edildi. Sürekli değişkenler için Kruskal Wallis analizi kullanıldı ve farkın hangi gruplar arasında olduğunu bulmak için Post Hoc Bonferroni analizi yapıldı. Verilerin değerlendirilmesinde Ki-kare testi ve Spearman Korelasyon testi kullanıldı. İstatistiksel olarak p<0,05 düzeyi istatistiksel olarak anlamlı kabul edildi.
Bulgular: Çalışmaya katılan 1725 hastanın %50,6'sı kadındı ve yaş ortalaması 70,6±5,7 yıldı. Katılımcıların %13,2'sinin hem eş hem de evlat kaybı yaşadığı, %14,7'sinin sadece eş kaybı yaşadığı ve %15,3'ünün sadece evlat kaybı yaşadığı belirlendi. Eş ve çocuk kaybı yaşayan bireylerde kalp hastalıkları, aylık düşme sayısı, kullanılan ilaç sayısı ve yorgunluk semptomları arasında anlamlı bir korelasyon bulundu (p˂0,05). Eş kaybı yaşayan bireylerde vücut kitle indeksinin daha düşük olduğu ve çocuk kaybı sayısı ile Epworth ve Stanford ölçek puanları arasında anlamlı pozitif bir korelasyon olduğu bulundu (p˂0,05).
Sonuç: Kayıp yaşayan yaşlı bireylerde uyku bozukluğu görülme sıklığının ve kardiyovasküler hastalık riskinin daha yüksek olması nedeniyle psikososyal, farmasötik müdahaleler ve yas terapilerinin tasarlanması önerilmektedir.

Keywords

Geriatri , Uyku , Eş Kaybı , Çocuk Kaybı.

The Effect Of Spouse And Child Losses To Sleep Patterns And Quality İn The Geriatric Population

Abstract

Aim:To determine the effect of loss of spouse and child on sleep patterns and quality in geriatrics and to make different approaches to the medical problems of geriatrics by comparing with demographic factors.
Materials and Methods:The study included 1725 people over 65 years of age. Data were collected using a questionnaire including demographic information, Stanford and Epworth Sleepiness Scales and analyzed with Mann-Whitney U test. Kruskal Wallis analysis was used for continuous variables and Post Hoc Bonferroni analysis was performed to find out between which groups the difference was. Chi-square test and Spearman Correlation test were used in the evaluation of the data. Statistically, p<0.05 level was considered statistically significant.
Results:Of the 1725 patients who participated in the study, 50.6% were women and the mean age was 70.6±5.7 years. It was determined that 13.2% of the participants experienced both spousal and filial loss, 14.7% experienced only spousal loss, and 15.3% experienced only filial loss. A significant correlation was found in cardiac diseases, the number of monthly falls, the number of medications used, and fatigue symptoms in individuals who experienced 'spousal and child' loss (p˂0.05). It was found that body mass index was lower in those who experienced spousal loss and there was a significant positive correlation between the number of child loss and Epworth and Stanford scale scores (p˂0.05).
Conclusion:It’s recommended that psychosocial, pharmaceutical interventions and bereavement therapies should be designed due to higher incidence of sleep disturbance and risk of cardiovascular diseases in elderly individuals experiencing loss.

Keywords

Geriatrics , Sleep , Spousal Loss , Child Loss

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