Sleep quality in residents of assisted living facilities: effect on quality of life, functional status, and depression

Jennifer L Martin, Lavinia Fiorentino, Stella Jouldjian, Karen R Josephson, Cathy A Alessi, Jennifer L Martin, Lavinia Fiorentino, Stella Jouldjian, Karen R Josephson, Cathy A Alessi

Abstract

Objectives: To describe sleep patterns in older adults living in assisted living facilities (ALFs) and to explore the relationship between sleep disturbance and quality of life, functional status, and depression over 6 months of follow-up.

Design: Prospective, observational cohort study.

Setting: Eighteen ALFs in the Los Angeles area.

Participants: One hundred twenty-one ALF residents aged 65 and older (mean age 85.3, 86% female, 88% non-Hispanic white).

Measurements: Data were collected at baseline and 3 and 6 months after enrollment. Data collected were demographics, physical and cognitive functioning, depression, quality of life, comorbidities, medications, and subjective (i.e., questionnaires) and objective (i.e., 3 days and nights of wrist actigraphy) measures of sleep.

Results: Sixty-five percent of participants reported clinically significant sleep disturbance on the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index, and objective wrist actigraphy confirmed poor sleep quality. In regression analyses including sleep variables and other predictors, more self-reported sleep disturbance at baseline was associated with worse health-related quality of life (Medical Outcomes Study 12-item Short Form Survey Mental Component Summary score) and worse depressive symptoms five-item Geriatric Depression Scale at follow-up. Worse nighttime sleep (according to actigraphy) at baseline was associated with worse activities of daily living functioning and more depressive symptoms at follow-up.

Conclusions: Sleep disturbance is common in older ALF residents, and poor sleep is associated with declining functional status and quality of life and greater depression over 6 months of follow-up. Studies are needed to determine whether improving sleep in ALF residents will result in improvements in these outcomes. Well-established treatments should be adapted for use in ALFs and systematically evaluated in future research.

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Participant flow through the study. 3-month follow-up data not available from two participants who could not be reached, two who were too ill to complete the assessments, one who withdrew from the study, and one who died. w6-month follow-up data not available from two participants who refused to complete the assessment, three who withdrew from the study, and four who died.

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