TY - JOUR
T1 - Association between Social and Physical Activities and Insomnia Symptoms among Community-Dwelling Older Adults
AU - Endeshaw, Yohannes W.
AU - Yoo, Wonsuk
N1 - Funding Information:
The authors disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article: This work was supported by grant from Deep South Resource Center for Minority Aging Research (P30AG31054) from the National Institute on Aging. The National Health and Aging Trends Study (NHATS) is sponsored by the National Institute of Aging (Grant NIA U01AG032947) through a cooperative agreement with the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
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PY - 2016/9/1
Y1 - 2016/9/1
N2 - Objective: To examine the association between organized social activity, walking exercise, and insomnia symptoms. Material and Method: Data for analysis are derived from the National Health Aging Trends Study (NHATS). At baseline, demographic characteristics, socioeconomic status, health-related behaviors, sleep-related problems, and health status were assessed using questionnaires. Results: Data for 7,162 community-dwelling older adults were available for analysis. Difficulty falling asleep, trouble staying asleep, and both insomnia symptoms were reported by 12%, 5%, and 11% of the participants, respectively. The proportion of participants who reported engaging in organized social activity, walking exercise, and both activities were 11%, 35%, and 26%, respectively. Participants who reported engaging in organized social activity and/or walking exercise were significantly less likely to report insomnia symptoms. Conclusion: These results have important implications for future studies that plan to implement nonpharmacological interventions for management of insomnia among older adults.
AB - Objective: To examine the association between organized social activity, walking exercise, and insomnia symptoms. Material and Method: Data for analysis are derived from the National Health Aging Trends Study (NHATS). At baseline, demographic characteristics, socioeconomic status, health-related behaviors, sleep-related problems, and health status were assessed using questionnaires. Results: Data for 7,162 community-dwelling older adults were available for analysis. Difficulty falling asleep, trouble staying asleep, and both insomnia symptoms were reported by 12%, 5%, and 11% of the participants, respectively. The proportion of participants who reported engaging in organized social activity, walking exercise, and both activities were 11%, 35%, and 26%, respectively. Participants who reported engaging in organized social activity and/or walking exercise were significantly less likely to report insomnia symptoms. Conclusion: These results have important implications for future studies that plan to implement nonpharmacological interventions for management of insomnia among older adults.
KW - insomnia symptoms
KW - organized social activity
KW - walking exercise
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U2 - 10.1177/0898264315618921
DO - 10.1177/0898264315618921
M3 - Article
C2 - 26690253
AN - SCOPUS:84982994513
VL - 28
SP - 1073
EP - 1089
JO - Journal of Aging and Health
JF - Journal of Aging and Health
SN - 0898-2643
IS - 6
ER -