Objectives:

To compare sleep in different types of patients and see how our variables influences on it.

Methodology:

Transversal descriptive observational study through the administration of an autoadministered questionary to the sample of 57 patients in Residencia San Llorenç of Vila-real, province of Castellón, Comunidad Valenciana in the period of time that this study lasts.

Results:

After analyzing the data obtained by the questionary on the SPSS, are obtained results as the most frequent sex where appear sleep disorders are male with a 69.2% in front of the 52% of the women. As well as the group of age where they are given are between 86 and 95 years with a 64.7% of incidence. Also, it has been proven that a 69% of the residents who take pills sleep bad. No relevant results were obtained in terms of physical activity or the underlying disease.

Conclusions:

As a result of the investigation we can conclude that not all the variables that are proposed influence in the elderly only do the gender, the age and the medication in a relevant way. The significance of the study is the quantity of elderly who have a sleep disorder and the poor control that we have over it.

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