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Illuminance, subjective sleep quality, and psychosomatic health in elderly individuals requiring care / Ichimori, Akie in Journal of Community Health Nursing, Vol.32 No.2 (Apr-Jun) 2015 ([01/11/2016]) 

Public ISBD No review available on this record. [article]  inJournal of Community Health Nursing > Vol.32 No.2 (Apr-Jun) 2015 [01/11/2016] . - p.104-114. Title : Illuminance, subjective sleep quality, and psychosomatic health in elderly individuals requiring care : A survey of japan's hokuriku region in winter Material Type: printed text Authors: Ichimori, Akie, Author ; Tsukasaki, Keiko, Author ; Koyama, Emi, Author Publication Date: 2016 Article on page: p.104-114. Languages : English (eng) Original Language : English (eng) Abstract: We measured the illuminance exposure for 3 days in winter of a convenience sample of 44 elderly people certified as requiring support in Japan's Hokuriku region. We calculated the illuminance ratio per minute during activity and while in bed and analyzed the relationship between illuminance, sub - jective sleep quality, and psychosomatic health There was a significant negative correlation between illuminance and 15 - item Geriatric Depression Scale scores Multiple regression analysis indicated that depression scores were significantly related to age, level of required support, and illuminance The findings suggest that environments without light and dark cycles increase depression scores in frail elderly people. Link for e-copy: http://www.tandfonline.com/toc/hchn20/current#.VDO0sGeSzr4 Record link: http://libsearch.siu.ac.th/siu/opac_css/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=25169 [article] Illuminance, subjective sleep quality, and psychosomatic health in elderly individuals requiring care : A survey of japan's hokuriku region in winter [printed text] / Ichimori, Akie, Author ; Tsukasaki, Keiko, Author ; Koyama, Emi, Author . - 2016 . - p.104-114. Languages : English (eng) Original Language  : English (eng) inJournal of Community Health Nursing > Vol.32 No.2 (Apr-Jun) 2015 [01/11/2016] . - p.104-114. Abstract: We measured the illuminance exposure for 3 days in winter of a convenience sample of 44 elderly people certified as requiring support in Japan's Hokuriku region. We calculated the illuminance ratio per minute during activity and while in bed and analyzed the relationship between illuminance, sub - jective sleep quality, and psychosomatic health There was a significant negative correlation between illuminance and 15 - item Geriatric Depression Scale scores Multiple regression analysis indicated that depression scores were significantly related to age, level of required support, and illuminance The findings suggest that environments without light and dark cycles increase depression scores in frail elderly people. Link for e-copy: http://www.tandfonline.com/toc/hchn20/current#.VDO0sGeSzr4 Record link: http://libsearch.siu.ac.th/siu/opac_css/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=25169