12 December 2023: Clinical Research
Sleep Quality in Older People: The Impact of Age, Professional Activity, Financial Situation, and Chronic Diseases During the SARS-CoV-2 Pandemic
Grażyna Puto 1ABCDEFG* , Mateusz Cybulski 2DF , Kornelia Kędziora-Kornatowska 3EFG , Halina Doroszkiewicz 4DEF , Marta Muszalik 3EFGDOI: 10.12659/MSM.941648
Med Sci Monit 2023; 29:e941648
Table 1 Demographic and social characteristics of the study group.
| Demographic and social variables | Total | Sex | pM-W | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WomenN=219 (64%) | MenN=123 (36%) | |||
| Mean± D | 70.3±7.3 | 69.4±6.93 | 71.8±7.68 | 0.003 |
| Min.–max. | 60–98 | 60–94 | 60–98 | |
| median (Q1–Q3) | 69 (65–74) | 68 (65–73) | 70 (67–75) | |
| Countryside | 105 (69.3) | 61 (27.9) | 44 (35.8) | 0.12 |
| City | 237 (30.7) | 158 (72.1) | 79 (64.2) | |
| Single, widow/widower | 153 (44.7) | 96 (43.8) | 57 (46.3) | 0.65 |
| Married | 189 (55.3) | 123 (56.2) | 66 (53.7) | |
| With spouse | 156 (45.6) | 98 (44.7) | 58 (47.2) | 0.77 |
| With spouse and family | 72 (21.1) | 45 (20.5) | 27 (22.0) | |
| Living alone | 114 (33.3) | 76 (34.7) | 38 (30.9) | |
| Primary/vocational | 74 (21.6) | 36 (16.4) | 38 (30.9) | |
| Secondary | 112 (32.7) | 66 (30.1) | 46 (37.4) | |
| Higher | 156 (45.6) | 117 (53.4) | 39 (31.7) | |
| In work | 54 (15.8) | 26 (11.9) | 28 (22.8) | 0.008 |
| Out of work | 288 (84.2) | 193 (88.1) | 95 (77.2) | |
| Very bad/bad | 32 (9.4) | 14 (6.4) | 18 (14.6) | 0.06 |
| Average | 172 (50.3) | 110 (50.2) | 62 (50.4) | |
| Good | 118 (34.5) | 82 (37.4) | 36 (29.3) | |
| Very good | 20 (5.8) | 13 (5.9) | 7 (5.7) | |
| N – number of people tested;% – percentage of respondents; mean – arithmetic mean; SD – standard deviation; min – minimum; max. – maximum; Q1 – upper quartile; Q3 – lower quartile; p value – for the Mann-Whitney test; p – for the chi-square test. | ||||