The relationship between sleep quality and lifestyle in postmenopausal Iranian women: a cross-sectional study

ABSTRACT

One of the most frequent symptoms in postmenopausal women is sleep disturbance. This study aimed to determine the relationship between sleep quality and lifestyle factors in postmenopausal women. Postmenopausal women (n = 252) in Ahvaz, Iran with an age range of 45–55 years, were enrolled from April to December 2015. The study tools included the Lifestyle Questionnaire (LSQ) and Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index. The LSQ contains 10 lifestyle factors: physical health, physical activity, weight control and nutrition, psychological health, spiritual health, social health, medications and narcotics avoidance, illness prevention, accident prevention, and environmental health. Data were analyzed using, chi-square, Pearson correlation coefficients, analysis of variance, and multiple linear regressions. In unadjusted analyses, physical health, physical activity, nutrition, mental health, spiritual health, social health, and medication and narcotics avoidance scores were significantly higher in women without sleep disruption than in those with light and moderate sleep disruption (p < .001). Adjusting for confounding factors, sleep disruption was directly related to duration since the final menstrual period (p < .001), and inversely related to physical health (p = .04) and spiritual health (p = .028). Lifestyle factors were related to sleep disruption in postmenopausal women. Policymakers should consider education on healthy lifestyles for women.

KEYWORDS :

• Health status
• lifestyle factors
• menopause
• sleep quality

Acknowledgments

This paper was derived from master thesis of MI. all expenses of this research were provided by Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences. We would like to thank Editage (www.editage.com) for English language editing.

Author contribution

MT, MI, and PA were responsible for the design of study. MI did the data collection. PA MI and MT analyzed and interpreted data. MI was involving to write thesis in Persian. PA was responsible to write the manuscript in English.

Conflict of interest

The authors report no conflicts of interest.

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Funding

This work was supported by the Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences.