Method:
this is a randomized, single-blind clinical trial, carried out with 126 older
adults, of which 62 were allocated in group 1, who received health education
using an educational booklet, and 64 in group 2, who were exposed to health
education with verbal nursing guidelines. Sleep quality was verified by the
Pittsburgh Index, Epworth Sleepiness Scale and variable minutes that it
takes to sleep. In order to compare the pre and post-tests, within the
group, the Wilcoxon and chi-square tests were used. Status change was
assessed using McNemar’s chi-square test. To compare groups, Mann-Whitney
and chi-square were used. The significance level was 5%.