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ORIGINAL RESEARCH article

Front. Sleep
Sec. Sleep-Related Movement Disorders and Parasomnias
Volume 3 - 2024 | doi: 10.3389/frsle.2024.1486794

The Relationship Between Sleep Disorders Quality and Fall Risk Among Elderly Outpatients at

Provisionally accepted
Diep The Nguyen Diep The Nguyen 1,2Tuan Anh Doan Tuan Anh Doan 3Tien Van Nguyen Tien Van Nguyen 1*Anh Minh Hoang Anh Minh Hoang 4Cu Huy Dao Cu Huy Dao 5
  • 1 Thai Binh University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Thái Bình, Vietnam
  • 2 Department of Traumatology, Thai Binh University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Thai Binh, Vietnam
  • 3 Department of Traumatology, Dong Anh General Hospital, Hanoi, Vietnam
  • 4 Center for Population Health Sciences, Hanoi University of Public Health, Hanoi, Vietnam
  • 5 Technical Department, Vietnam Center for Community Health and Injury Prevention, Hanoi, Vietnam

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    Poor Ssleep disorders quality negatively impact health, reducing the quality of life and increasing the disease risk. For the elderly, poor sleep quality sleep disorders lead to fatigue and reduced mobility, increasing the risk of falls. In Vietnam, no studies have explored the relationship between sleep quality disorders and fall risk in the elderly. This study aimed to determine the correlation between sleep quality disorders and fall risk among the elderly, providing knowledge for fall prevention in this population in Vietnam.A cross-sectional study was conducted on 404 elderly patients who visited and were treated as outpatients at Thai Binh University Hospital from October 2023 to June 2024. Direct interviews were conducted using the Fall Risk Questionnaire (FRQ) from STEADI-CDC-2017 (USA), and the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI) with a cut-off score of 7 to assess sleep quality.The FRQ tool used a cut-off score of 4 to evaluate fall risk.The percentage of elderly at risk of falls was 19.6%. The average PSQI score was 11.0 ± 2.7, with 358 (88.6%) elderly patients showing poor sleep quality. Logistic regression analysis showed that higher PSQI scores in the elderly significantly correlated with an increased risk of falls (OR = 1.16, 95% CI: 1.02-1.32, p = 0.03). Elderly individuals with the highest PSQI scores had a higher risk of falls compared to those with the lowest PSQI scores.Poor Ssleep disorders quality are closely related to fall risk among the elderly, alongside other factors such as religion, education, comorbidities, and participation in recreational activities.

    Keywords: Accidental Falls, Aged, Sleep wake disorders, sleep sualityquality, insomnia

    Received: 26 Aug 2024; Accepted: 09 Dec 2024.

    Copyright: © 2024 Nguyen, Doan, Van Nguyen, Hoang and Dao. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.

    * Correspondence: Tien Van Nguyen, Thai Binh University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Thái Bình, Vietnam

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