Research Article
Factors Associated with Insomnia among Elderly Patients Attending a Geriatric Centre in Nigeria
Table 1
Sociodemographic characteristics.
| | Male = 340 (%) | Females = 503 (%) | Total = 843 (%) |
| Age groups (years) | | | | 60–64 | 83 (24.4) | 151 (30.0) | 234 (27.8) | 65–69 | 98 (28.8) | 123 (24.5) | 221 (26.2) | 70–74 | 72 (21.2) | 119 (23.7) | 191 (22.7) | 75–79 | 48 (14.1) | 51 (10.1) | 99 (11.7) | ≥80 | 39 (11.5) | 59 (11.7) | 98 (11.6) | Marital status | | | | Married | 293 (86.2) | 222 (44.1) | 515 (61.1) | Widowed | 38 (11.2) | 264 (52.5) | 302 (35.8) | Separated | 5 (1.5) | 8 (1.6) | 13 (1.5) | Divorced | 3 (0.9) | 8 (1.6) | 11 (1.3) | Single | 1 (0.3) | 1 (0.2) | 2 (0.2) | Formal education | | | | None | 80 (23.5) | 252 (50.1) | 332 (39.4) | Primary | 80 (23.5) | 100 (19.9) | 180 (21.4) | Secondary | 86 (25.3) | 70 (13.9) | 156 (18.5) | Tertiary | 94 (27.6) | 81 (16.1) | 175 (20.8) | Occupational activities | | | | Not currently engaged in occupational activities | 225 (75.0) | 356 (70.8) | 611 (72.5) | Currently engaged in occupational activities | 85 (25.0) | 147 (29.2) | 232 (27.5) | Living arrangement | | | | Alone | 41 (12.7) | 65 (13.5) | 106 (13.2) | With spouse | 247 (76.2) | 197 (41.0) | 444 (55.2) | With children/grandchildren | 32 (9.9) | 197 (41.0) | 229 (28.4) | With relatives/friends | 4 (1.2) | 22 (4.6) | 26 (3.2) | Financial support | | | | Self | 109 (32.3) | 85 (17.1) | 194 (23.2) | Spouse | 8 (2.4) | 13 (2.6) | 21 (2.5) | Children/grandchildren | 210 (62.3) | 390 (78.5) | 600 (71.9) | Relatives/friends | 10 (3.0) | 9 (1.8) | 19 (2.3) | Number of children | | | | 0–5 | 163 (47.9) | 314 (62.4) | 477 (56.6) | ≥6 | 177 (52.1) | 189 (37.6) | 366 (43.4) | Income | | | | Below the poverty line (<$1.25 per day) | 89 (26.2) | 208 (41.4) | 297 (35.2) | Above the poverty line (≥$1.25 per day) | 251 (73.8) | 295 (58.6) | 546 (64.8) |
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