Self-care management of sleep disturbances and risk factors for poor sleep among older residents of Taiwanese nursing homes

Journal of Clinical Nursing

Volumn 17, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1219-1226

  Tsai, Yun Fang ^a,b   Wong, Thomas K S ^c   Ku, Yan Chiou ^a,d  

^a CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^d Taoyuan Veterans Hospital   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Nurses; Nursing; Nursing home; Older people; Self care; Sleep disturbance

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NURSING HOME; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SELF CARE; SLEEP DISORDER; STATISTICAL MODEL; TAIWAN;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; NURSING HOMES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SELF CARE; SLEEP DISORDERS; TAIWAN;

EID: 42349117227     PISSN: 09621067     EISSN: 13652702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2702.2007.02020.x     Document Type: Article

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