Women During the Senescence Period: Examining the Relationship Between Perceived Loneliness and Sleep Quality
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Elderly Women,, Senium Period,, Loneliness,, Insomnia,Abstract
Objective: This study aimed to examine the relationship between loneliness and sleep quality in women in the senium period. Method: The sample of the descriptive and cross-sectional study consisted of 143 women in their senium period who applied to a State Hospital in Tunceli between November 2024 and January 2025. Data were collected through a face-to-face survey consisting of three parts: “Personal Information Form, UCLA-LS Loneliness Scale, Women's Health Initiative Insomnia Scale (WSIUÖ)”. Data were evaluated in the SPSS 22.0 statistical package program. Parametric methods were used in the analysis of the data. Number and percentage were used in descriptive statistics for categorical data, and mean and standard deviation were used in descriptive statistics for numerical variables. Independent groups t-test, one-way analysis of variance (Anova) and post hoc analyses were used to compare the mean in parametric data. Statistical significance level was accepted as p<0.05. Findings: In our study, it was determined that the participants' ULCA-LS Loneliness Scale mean score (40.252±7.943) and KSIUÖ mean score (8.797±4.321) showed that their loneliness levels were at a moderate level and their insomnia levels were below average. It was observed that there was a statistically significant positive relationship between the UCLA-LS Loneliness Scale and KSIUÖ mean scores (p=0.003) (r=0.245), and that the level of loneliness had a significant and positive effect on insomnia (B = 0.133; p = 0.003). Conclusions: In this study, it was concluded that there was a positive relationship between the feeling of loneliness and insomnia in women, and that loneliness increased the level of insomnia.
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