A MODEL FOR SLEEP QUALITY DEVELOPMENT OF THE ELDERLY IN NONTHABURI PROVINCE

Abstract

The objectives of this research article were to 1. to analyze and study the problems related to sleep, factor related to quality of sleep in the elderly in Nonthaburi province, 2. develop the model and pretest the model, 3. assess the effectiveness of the model by measuring attitude toward sleep, sleep quality behavior, sleep quality. The study was divided into 3 phases, Phase 1: Situation analysis, the factors related to quality of sleep of 384 elderly in Nonthaburi province were identified by using the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (IOC =1.00, Reliability =.77) and in-depth interviews with 12 members of Health Alliance Network. The percentage of the samples who had poor quality sleep was found to be 69.80 percent. The data collected from phase 1 was used as the baseline data for developing the model for sleep quality promotion of the elderly. Phase 2: Model development, by applying A-I-C and the model had then tried with 40 sampled elderly in the experimental group with poor quality sleep for 4 weeks. Phase 3: Assess the effectiveness of the model post tested at the 5^th week by comparing the variables of the experimental and the comparison groups, using independent – test. After the model for sleep quality development of the elderly in Nonthaburi Province by the model was consisted of learning activities 8 sub activities with group Line and Augmented Reality : AR. Experimental was found to be effective in promotion positive attitude about sleep, better quality to sleep behaviors and quality sleep in the experimental groups, compared to before the experimentation and of the comparison group (p <.05).