Table 1.
Baseline Sleep Quality at Home
| Pre-intervention cohort (N=149) | Post-intervention cohort (N=99) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Percent responding (# respondents/total) |
Proportion responding (# respondents) |
Percent responding (# respondents/total) |
Proportion responding (# respondents) |
||
| Time to fall asleep | <15 min | 100% (148/149) | 32% (48) | 100% (99/99) | 41% (41) |
| 15–30 min | 35% (52) | 26% (26) | |||
| 30–60 min | 20% (30) | 22% (22) | |||
| >60 min | 12% (18) | 10% (10) | |||
| # of times typically woken | 0 | 99% (147/149) | 9% (13) | 99% (98/99) | 4% (4) |
| 1 | 19% (28) | 29% (28) | |||
| 2 | 31% (46) | 29% (28) | |||
| 3 | 24% (35) | 24% (24) | |||
| 4 | 10% (15) | 4% (4) | |||
| 5 | 4% (6) | 4% (4) | |||
| 6 | 3% (4) | 1% (1) | |||
| ≥7 | 0% (0) | 5% (5) | |||
| Easily woken by noise | Yes | 99% (147/149) | 43% (63) | 99% (98/99) | 43% (42) |
| No | 57% (84) | 57% (56) | |||
| Do you take medications to help you sleep? | Yes | 99% (147/149) | 38% (56) | 100% (99/99) | 35% (35) |
| No | 62% (91) | 65% (64) | |||
| If you take sleep medication, how many nights a week do you take it? | 1 | 98% (55/56)a | 16% (9) | 100% (35/35)c | 9% (3) |
| 2 | 9% (5) | 6% (2) | |||
| 3 | 5% (3) | 6% (2) | |||
| 4 | 2% (1) | 0% (0) | |||
| 5 | 0% (0) | 3% (1) | |||
| 6 | 0% (0) | 0% (0) | |||
| 7 | 67% (37) | 77% (27) | |||
| Do you wear hearing aids? | Yes | 100% (149/149) | 17% (25) | 100% (99/99) | 27% (27) |
| No | 83% (124) | 73% (72) | |||
| If yes, do you wear them while sleeping? | Yes | 100% (25/25)b | 16% (4) | 100% (27/27)d | 0% (0) |
| No | 84% (21) | 100% (27) | |||
aOf 56 respondents who answered yes to taking a sleep medication, 55 responded to the follow-up question about the frequency of medication.
bN = 25 patients that responded “Yes” to wearing hearing aids
cN = 35 patients that responded “Yes” to taking sleep medications
dN = 27 patients that responded “Yes” to wearing hearing aids