Abstract
Background: Sleep disturbance is one of the most prevalent health problems in menopausal women. It has a number of severe consequences not only for their physicalbut also psychosocial well - being and results in lower quality of life. This study was conducted with two objectives: Describe the sleep quality and investigate its related factors among menopausal women.
Methods: This is a cross - sectional descriptive study, conducted on 362 menopausal women in 13 wards of HaiChau distrist, Da Nang city from February, 2017 to September, 2018. Questionnaires included five parts: Demographics questions, perceived health status question, Zung Self - Rating Anxiety Scale, Zung Self - Rating Depression Scale and Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index. Data were analysed using descriptive statistics and correlational statistics.
Results: The mean PSQI score was 8.7 ± 3.4, only 18.2% of menopausal women had good sleep quality. Sleep quality (PSQI) of menopausal women has a strong positive correlation with age (r = 0.57, p < 0.0001), anxiety (r = 0.51, p < 0.0001), depression (r = 0.51, p < 0.0001), health perception (r = 0.32, p < 0.0001), a low positive correlation with hot flashes (r = 0.17, p < 0.001) and sweating (r = 0.18, p < 0.001). Sleep quality (PSQI) was negatively correlated with educational level (r = -0.65, p < 0.0001). In the multiple regression model, age, education level, health perception and depression predicted the sleep quality of menopausal women.
Conclusion: The sleep quality of menopausal women was low. There were some predictors of sleep quality: age, educational level, health perception and depression.