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. 2012 Jun 18;10:72. doi: 10.1186/1477-7525-10-72

Table 1.

Participant demographics by sleeping quality and sleeping duration

 
All participants(n = 301)
Good sleepers
Poor sleepers
Test statistic/
Long sleepers
Short sleepers
Test statistic/
    (n = 67) (n = 234) Pa (n = 170) (n = 131) Pa
Age group
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
60–69 years
58 (19.3%)
14 (20.9%)
44 (18.8%)
χ2(2) = 0.17/
37 (21.8%)
21 (16.0%)
χ2(2) = 1.65/
70–79 years
135 (44.9%)
29 (43.3%)
106 (45.3%)
0.92
75 (44.1%)
60 (45.8%)
0.44
80+ years
108 (35.9%)
24 (35.8%)
84 (35.9%)
 
58 (34.1%)
50 (38.2%)
 
Gender
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Male
47 (15.6%)
17 (25.4%)
30 (12.8%)
χ2(1) = 6.23/
31 (18.2%)
16 (12.2%)
χ2(1) = 2.04/
Female
254 (84.4%)
50 (74.6%)
204 (87.2%)
0.01
139 (81.8%)
204 (87.8%)
0.15
Marital status
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Single/divorced/widowed
197 (65.4%)
39 (58.2%)
158 (67.5%)
χ2(1) = 2.00/
106 (62.4%)
91 (69.5%)
χ2(1) = 1.66/
Married
104 (34.6%)
28 (41.8%)
76 (32.5%)
0.16
64 (37.6%)
40 (30.5%)
0.20
Education level
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
0–6 years
228 (75.7%)
43 (64.2%)
185 (79.1%)
χ2(1) = 6.28/
119 (70.0%)
109 (83.2%)
χ2(1) = 7.02/
7+ years
73 (24.3%)
28 (35.8%)
49 (20.9%)
0.01
51 (30.0%)
22 (16.8%)
0.008
Occupational status
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Full-/part-time
7 (2.2%)
2 (2.9%)
5 (2%)
χ2(1) = 0.17/
3 (1.8%)
4 (3.1%)
χ2(1) = 0.54/
Retired/unemployed
294 (97.7%)
65 (97.0%)
229 (97.9%)
0.69
167 (98.2%)
127 (96.9%)
0.46
Living arrangement
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Live alone
112 (37.2%)
20 (29.9%)
92 (39.3%)
χ2(1) = 2.00/
59 (34.7%)
53 (40.5%)
χ2(1) = 1.05/
Live with others
189 (62.8%)
47 (70.1%)
142 (60.7%)
0.16
111 (65.3%)
78 (59.5%)
0.31
Financial status
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Sufficient
274 (91.0%)
64 (95.4%)
210 (89.7%)
χ2(1) = 2.13/
159 (93.5%)
115 (87.8%)
χ2(1) = 2.99/
Insufficient
27 (9.0%)
3 (4.5%)
24 (10.3%)
0.14
11 (6.5%)
16 (12.2%)
0.08
Perceived health
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Fair, good, or excellent
230 (76.4%)71 (23.6%)
60 (89.6%)7 (10.4%)
170 (72.6%)64 (27.4%)
χ2(1) = 8.26/ 0.004
140 (82.4%)30 (17.6%)
90 (68.7%)41 (23.6%)
χ2(1) = 7.65/ 0.006
Poor or very poor
71 (23.6%)
7 (10.4%)
64 (27.4%)
0.004
30 (17.6%)
41 (23.6%)
0.006
Chronic illness
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Yes
237 (78.7%)
50 (74.6%)
187 (79.9%)
χ2(1) = 0.87/
132 (77.6%)
105 (80.2%)
χ2(1) = 0.28/
No
64 (21.3%)
17 (25.4%)
47 (20.1%)
0.35
38 (22.4%)
26 (19.8%)
0.60
Global PSQI score
 
 
 
 
5.0 (3.25)
11.0 (4.0)
Z = 12.78/ ≤ 0.001
Median (IQR)
7.0 (5.5)
 
 
 
 
 
 
Range
0-20
 
 
 
 
 
 
Sleep duration (hours per day)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Median (IQR)
5.5 (1.0)
7.0 (1.0)
5.0 (2.0)
Z = 9.39/ < 0.001
 
 
 
Range 1.5-9.5            

PSQI: Pittsburg Sleep Quality Index.

a Differences between good sleepers and poor sleepers.

Good sleeper: global PSQI score < 5. Poor sleeper: global PSQI score ≥5.

Long sleeper: sleep duration 5.5 hours per day. Short sleeper: sleep duration <5.5 hours per day.