Metabolic State and Sleep Quality in Elderly
Description
As getting old, different medical conditions, metabolic deregulation or psychosocial determinants, may produce sleeping disturbances. Common sleep deregulations are loss of regular distribution between sleep stages, prolonged sleep latency, awaken early, and have more nighttime arousals. All these are evident in the half population at 65 years old, besides around 30% of them have chronic insomnia. The consequences can vary from increased daytime fatigue and napping to more propensity to mental or cognitive deterioration with less motivation to read. The objective determination of sleep quality through polysomnography is the precise mechanism of measurement, although self-report scales, such as the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI), are common and affordable strategies widely used. The dataset describes the anthropometric, metabolic, physical activity, PSQI, and reading habit from 48 middle- to late-adulthood participants. These are valuable for examining the metabolic factors and exercise habits that influence sleep quality, cognitive status, and overall health.
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An open call invitation for participating in the research project was disseminated with students in the Aging and health course of the Medicine program at Universidad Juárez Autónoma de Tabasco from Mexico. Forty-eight old middle-aged and older adults were admitted to the university´s clinical laboratory facilities, between 7:00 and 10:00 a.m., while fasting for 8 hours was a requirement. The data collection oversaw a multi-disciplinary entrained personal. The height was measured with calibrated stadiometer, body circumferences were taken with a fiberglass measuring tape, blood pressure was measured with an electronic blood pressure monitor, weight and body composition were acquired through a bioimpedance scale. When necessary, standing support was provided to accommodate participants with reduced physical strength. The life-style (including physical activity, and reading habit), and the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI) questionnaire were administered; finally, at the end of the session water and fruits were provided for breakfast, alongside mental gymnastics exercises brochure, which was produced by trainee Psychologists, was explained and delivered. The instrument was administered by gerontology specialist through a digital online survey created with Microsoft Forms. The sections were set as follows: 1. General data (four questions regarding personal identification), 2. Physical activity (seven questions adapted from The Global Physical Activity Questionnaire, WHO), 3. Sleep quality (nineteen questions extracted from the PSQI, without including references from the bed partner / roommate references), and 4. Reading habits (six items for general diagnosis of reading routine). The raw data are presented through four .csv files, whose include the total of data (<<Global_data>>, numerical variables and numerical categories), raw data in original and English language (<<Instrumento_ICSP_estilo de vida>>, <<PSQI_lifestyle_questionnaire>>), and weighting for the seven components from the PSQI (<<PSQI_weighting>>). The anthropometric and metabolic measurements are contained in the <<Global_data>> file exclusively, the raw data files comprise text mainly, while the weighting file has numeric content referring to the assessment according to the original description (Buysse, et al., 1989).
Institutions
- Universidad Juarez Autonoma de Tabasco