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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Mar 15.
Published in final edited form as: J Am Geriatr Soc. 2016 Aug 22;64(9):1830–1838. doi: 10.1111/jgs.14304

Table 1.

Baseline Demographic, Sleep, and Other Characteristics of Randomized Subjects

Variable Overall, N = 159 Intervention, n = 106 Control, n = 53
Demographic
Age, mean±SD 72.2 ± 7.7 72.1 ± 7.9 72.4 ± 7.3
Male, n (%) 154 (96.9) 102 (96.2) 52 (98.1)
Race and ethnicity, n (%)a
 Hispanic 10 (6.3) 7 (6.6) 3 (5.7)
 Black 7 (4.4) 6 (5.7) 1 (1.9)
 White 125 (78.6) 83 (78.3) 42 (79.2)
 Other 12 (7.6) 7 (6.6) 5 (9.4)
 No response 5 (3.1) 3 (2.8) 2 (3.8)
Education
 <High school 6 (3.8) 6 (5.7) 0 (0.0)
 High school graduate 25 (15.7) 18 (17.0) 7 (13.2)
 Some college 70 (44.0) 44 (41.5) 26 (49.1)
 College graduate 30 (18.9) 18 (17.0) 12 (22.6)
 Postbaccalaureate 28 (17.6) 20 (18.9) 8 (15.1)
Marital status
 Married 66 (41.5) 43 (40.6) 23 (43.4)
 Living as married 11 (6.9) 8 (7.5) 3 (5.7)
 Divorced, separated 48 (30.2) 34 (32.1) 14 (26.4)
 Widowed 14 (8.8) 10 (9.4) 4 (7.5)
 Single, never married 20 (12.6) 11 (10.4) 9 (17.0)
Employment
 Not working 121 (76.1) 81 (76.4) 40 (75.5)
 Working part time 31 (19.5) 19 (17.9) 12 (22.6)
 Working full time 7 (4.4) 6 (5.7) 1 (1.9)
Sleep measures
From sleep diary, mean ± SD
 Sleep onset latency, minutes 41.4 ± 42.4 43.3 ± 47.9 37.5 ± 28.5
 Wake after sleep onset, minutes 56.6 ± 49.0 55.8 ± 40.3 58.1 ± 63.3
 Total wake time, minutes 143.2 ± 88.9 144.0 ± 89.5 141.6 ± 88.5
 Sleep efficiency, % 72.3 ± 15.4 72.0 ± 14.8 72.8 ± 16.8
Sleep efficiency from actigraphy, %, mean±SD 83.4 ± 6.3 83.7 ± 6.1 82.8 ± 6.9
Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index, total score, mean±SD 9.1 ± 3.4 9.4 ± 3.5 8.3 ± 3.2
Duration of sleep problems > 12 months, n (%) 144 (90.6) 96 (90.6) 48 (90.6)
Insomnia Severity Index, total score, mean±SD 11.1 ± 5.3 11.7 ± 5.3 10.1 ± 5.3
Apnea–hypopnea index, mean±SD 9.4 ± 5.3 9.9 ± 5.4 8.3 ± 5.1
Other measures, mean±SD
 Comorbidity indexb 6.6 ± 3.4 7.0 ± 3.5 6.0 ± 3.0
 Geriatric Pain Measure 7-item pain intensity subscale 14.8 ± 11.5 15.0 ± 11.6 14.3 ± 11.3
 Patient Health Questionnaire-9 score 4.8 ± 4.3 5.1 ± 4.3 4.4 ± 4.3
Medical Outcomes Study 12-item Short-form Survey v2
 Mental Component Summary 52.8 ± 9.5 52.9 ± 10.0 52.6 ± 8.3
 Physical Component Summary 45.3 ± 10.7 44.2 ± 10.9 47.6 ± 10.3

SD = standard deviation.

a

Participants were asked to select all that applied.

b

Total number of self-reported health conditions endorsed.