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Prevalencia de trastornos del sueño y factores asociados en adultos mayores del programa de coordinación de jubilados del seguro social, Cuenca 2014.

Abstract:

Objective: To determine the prevalence of the sleep upsetting and associated elements to the older people into the Retired Coordination Program of the Social Security Materials and Methods: A quantitative study of descriptive type of transversal cut will be realized. The sample will be aleatory probabilistic of 432 which one was obtained with a universe of 1042. For the calculation was used the 52.6% expected frequency, were added 10% of possible losses (43older adults), which means that the total sample was of 475 retired (n=475 older adults), belonging the Retired Coordination Program of the Social Security Results: 434 older people have been studied, among them we found 65,4% between 60 to 74 years old, the 69% of the group are women, the 36,9%of the older people has finished the high school. The people who are married and live together are 42,2%, the 52,8% of the people has worked for 35 years before their retiring, the prevalence of sleepwalking is 1,6%. The trouble of scare nocturnal on the people is 25,1%, the 30,2% of them has nightmares, the 49,3% of the people shows apneas of sleep, the 61,1% of them snores and finally the 59,4% has paramnesia. Conclusions: The sleepiness is the most frequent pathology which affects with prevalence to the 60-74 older people. The group of females is the most affected; since it is associated with the variables like: the time of the work, the group people who live with, the studies, etc. KEYWORDS: SLEEP DISORDERS; INSOMNIA; ELDERLY; DYSSOMNIAS; PAROSMIA.