Research Article

Association between Sleep Disturbances and Leisure Activities in the Elderly: A Comparison between Men and Women

Table 4

The two clusters of activities associated with sleep disturbances, with and without adjustment for confounders.

Model 1a Model 1b
OR95% CIP valueOR95% CIP value

Physical outdoor activities0.007
 None2.150.92–5.010.077
 One1.800.81–3.960.148
 Two1.700.80–3.610.168
 Three1.060.51–2.200.881
 Four0.800.39–1.650.546
Sociointellectual activities<0.001
 None3.751.49–9.430.005
 One3.151.26–7.880.014
 Two1.920.76–4.880.170
 Three 0.690.24–2.020.497
Gender (women)3.122.16–4.52<0.001
Age cohorts0.011
 72- and 78-year-olds0.930.60–1.440.742
 81 years or older1.681.09–2.580.018
General health<0.001
 Good3.362.00–5.62<0.001
 Poor/fair6.974.24–11.45<0.001

Notes: in model 1a physical outdoor activities and sociointellectual activities were entered. The model explained between 8.9% (Cox and Snell ) and 13.2% (Nagelkerke ), Hosmer and Lemeshow 0.662, chi-square 5.870 (df 8), missing . Model 1b included physical outdoor activities and sociointellectual activities and was adjusted for gender, age, functional ability, mood, and general health. The model explained between 16.1% (Cox and Snell ) and 23.8% (Nagelkerke ), Hosmer and Lemeshow 0.497, chi-square 7.377 (df 8), missing . Significant factors are presented in bold. Only the last step of the regression analyses is shown in the table.