ABSTRACT
Objective
To verify whether there is a relationship between sleep duration, depressive symptoms and stress in elderly people in the community.
Methods
A cross-sectional study carried out with 116 older people living in areas of Family Health Units in the city of São Carlos/SP. The following instruments were used: sociodemographic characterization questionnaire; Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index; Geriatric Depression Scale and Perceived Stress Scale. The statistical tests used were Pearson’s chi-square test, Kruskall-Wallis, Mann-Whitney test and Multiple Linear Regression.
Results
50% of the older people reported a good quality of sleep and 49.1% slept between seven and nine hours of sleep at night. When compared, older women with longer sleep duration had more depressive symptoms and higher scores for perceived stress.
Conclusion
The model with application of the hierarchical method points out that there is a relationship between sleep duration, depressive symptoms and stress.
Sleep; depression; psychological stress; elderly health; older people
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