Variables related to sleep quality parameters in group 1. Bom Jesus, PI,
Brazil, 2018.
*McNemar’s test; In relation to self-rated sleep in this same group, the older adults who reported
having good sleep were 24 in pre-test and increased to 50 in post-test. There was a
reduction for those who self-rated sleep as poor from 29 before the intervention to
eight after the intervention. Waking up in the middle of the night three or more
times a week reduced from 52 older adults to 38. It is noteworthy that 30 older
adults started not to worry weekly to the point of not sleeping after the
intervention, according to Of the 64 older adults who were part of G2, exposed to verbal nursing guidelines,
efficiency of at least 85% of sleeping hours was observed in 35.9% of older adults
in the pre-intervention period, which increased to 82.8% after the intervention (p
< 0.001). It is observed that there was a significant reduction in the number of
older adults with sleep efficiency, being less than 65% of hours slept per
night.The variable “needed to go to the bathroom” was not statistically significant, but an
improved behavior was observed in older adults who got up 3 or more times a night,
with a reduction from 41 before the intervention to 34 after the intervention.The perception of older adults’ sleep quality improved and older adults who
self-rated sleep as good increased from 23 in the pre-intervention to 50 in the
post-intervention. In the same perspective, there was also a significant reduction
in the number of older adults who self-perceived sleep as poor and very poor, with a
reduction from 29 (45.31%) to nine (14.06%) older adults and from seven (10.93%) to
two (3.12%) older adults, respectively, according to 