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Table 1 Participant demographics by sleeping quality and sleeping duration

From: Prevalence and impacts of poor sleep on quality of life and associated factors of good sleepers in a sample of older Chinese adults

 

All participants(n = 301)

Good sleepers

Poor sleepers

 Test statistic/ 

Long sleepers

Short sleepers

 Test statistic/ 

  

(n = 67)

(n = 234)

 P   a 

(n = 170)

(n = 131)

 P   a 

Age group

       

60–69 years

58 (19.3%)

14 (20.9%)

44 (18.8%)

χ2(2) = 0.17/

37 (21.8%)

21 (16.0%)

χ2(2) = 1.65/

70–79 years

135 (44.9%)

29 (43.3%)

106 (45.3%)

0.92

75 (44.1%)

60 (45.8%)

0.44

80+ years

108 (35.9%)

24 (35.8%)

84 (35.9%)

 

58 (34.1%)

50 (38.2%)

 

Gender

       

Male

47 (15.6%)

17 (25.4%)

30 (12.8%)

χ2(1) = 6.23/

31 (18.2%)

16 (12.2%)

χ2(1) = 2.04/

Female

254 (84.4%)

50 (74.6%)

204 (87.2%)

0.01

139 (81.8%)

204 (87.8%)

0.15

Marital status

       

Single/divorced/widowed

197 (65.4%)

39 (58.2%)

158 (67.5%)

χ2(1) = 2.00/

106 (62.4%)

91 (69.5%)

χ2(1) = 1.66/

Married

104 (34.6%)

28 (41.8%)

76 (32.5%)

0.16

64 (37.6%)

40 (30.5%)

0.20

Education level

       

0–6 years

228 (75.7%)

43 (64.2%)

185 (79.1%)

χ2(1) = 6.28/

119 (70.0%)

109 (83.2%)

χ2(1) = 7.02/

7+ years

73 (24.3%)

28 (35.8%)

49 (20.9%)

0.01

51 (30.0%)

22 (16.8%)

0.008

Occupational status

       

Full-/part-time

7 (2.2%)

2 (2.9%)

5 (2%)

χ2(1) = 0.17/

3 (1.8%)

4 (3.1%)

χ2(1) = 0.54/

Retired/unemployed

294 (97.7%)

65 (97.0%)

229 (97.9%)

0.69

167 (98.2%)

127 (96.9%)

0.46

Living arrangement

       

Live alone

112 (37.2%)

20 (29.9%)

92 (39.3%)

χ2(1) = 2.00/

59 (34.7%)

53 (40.5%)

χ2(1) = 1.05/

Live with others

189 (62.8%)

47 (70.1%)

142 (60.7%)

0.16

111 (65.3%)

78 (59.5%)

0.31

Financial status

       

Sufficient

274 (91.0%)

64 (95.4%)

210 (89.7%)

χ2(1) = 2.13/

159 (93.5%)

115 (87.8%)

χ2(1) = 2.99/

Insufficient

27 (9.0%)

3 (4.5%)

24 (10.3%)

0.14

11 (6.5%)

16 (12.2%)

0.08

Perceived health

       

Fair, good, or excellent

230 (76.4%)71 (23.6%)

60 (89.6%)7 (10.4%)

170 (72.6%)64 (27.4%)

χ2(1) = 8.26/ 0.004

140 (82.4%)30 (17.6%)

90 (68.7%)41 (23.6%)

χ2(1) = 7.65/ 0.006

Poor or very poor

71 (23.6%)

7 (10.4%)

64 (27.4%)

0.004

30 (17.6%)

41 (23.6%)

0.006

Chronic illness

       

Yes

237 (78.7%)

50 (74.6%)

187 (79.9%)

χ2(1) = 0.87/

132 (77.6%)

105 (80.2%)

χ2(1) = 0.28/

No

64 (21.3%)

17 (25.4%)

47 (20.1%)

0.35

38 (22.4%)

26 (19.8%)

0.60

Global PSQI score

    

5.0 (3.25)

11.0 (4.0)

Z = 12.78/ ≤ 0.001

Median (IQR)

7.0 (5.5)

      

Range

0-20

      

Sleep duration (hours per day)

       

Median (IQR)

5.5 (1.0)

7.0 (1.0)

5.0 (2.0)

Z = 9.39/ < 0.001

   

Range

1.5-9.5

      
  1. PSQI: Pittsburg Sleep Quality Index.
  2. a Differences between good sleepers and poor sleepers.
  3. Good sleeper: global PSQI score < 5. Poor sleeper: global PSQI score ≥5.
  4. Long sleeper: sleep duration  ≥  5.5 hours per day. Short sleeper: sleep duration <5.5 hours per day.