Sleep health in later life: Interviews exploring experiences, attitudes and behaviours of older people

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dc.citation.volumeFirst View
dc.contributor.authorCrestani F
dc.contributor.authorWilliams G
dc.contributor.authorBreheny M
dc.contributor.authorTupara H
dc.contributor.authorCunningham C
dc.contributor.authorGander P
dc.contributor.authorGibson R
dc.date.accessioned2023-06-27T01:23:32Z
dc.date.available2022-04-21
dc.date.available2023-06-27T01:23:32Z
dc.date.issued21/04/2022
dc.description© The Author(s), 2022.
dc.description.abstractSleep is vital for health and wellbeing across the lifecourse. Ethnic differences have been observed with regards to the prevalence and predictors of self-reported sleep problems. An understanding of sleep experiences with ageing and across ethnicities is required to better support older people. Open-ended interviews were conducted with 23 people living in Aotearoa/New Zealand aged 61-92 years (12 MAori and 11 non-MAori) concerning current sleep status, changes over their lifecourse and personal strategies for supporting good sleep. Participants typically expressed satisfaction with current sleep (usually pertaining to duration) or feelings that sleep was compromised (usually pertaining to waking function). Comparisons to a socially perceived 'ideal' sleep were common, with sleep transitions presented as a gradual and accepted part of ageing. Participants resisted medicalising sleep disruptions in older age. While participants were aware of ways to enhance their sleep, many acknowledged engaging in practices that undermined it. Unique insights from some MA ori participants indicated that sleep disruptions were not so readily pathologised compared to Western views and that sleeplessness could provide opportunity for cultural or spiritual connection. Common narratives underpinning the themes were: 'You don't need as much sleep when you're older', 'Sleep just fits in' and 'Having the time of my life'. Findings provide personal experiences and cultural interpretations relating to sleep and ageing. This provides the foundation for future participatory research to co-design sleep health messages which are meaningful for ageing well across ethnicities.
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dc.identifierhttps://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/ageing-and-society/article/sleep-health-in-later-life-interviews-exploring-experiences-attitudes-and-behaviours-of-older-people/19AD591BAEAA922E8168CE50B5768A44
dc.identifier.citationAgeing and Society, 2022, First View pp. 1 - 23
dc.identifier.doi10.1017/S0144686X22000447
dc.identifier.eissn1469-1779
dc.identifier.elements-id453257
dc.identifier.harvestedMassey_Dark
dc.identifier.issn0144-686X
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10179/18353
dc.languageEnglish
dc.publisherCambridge University Press
dc.publisher.urihttps://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/ageing-and-society/article/sleep-health-in-later-life-interviews-exploring-experiences-attitudes-and-behaviours-of-older-people/19AD591BAEAA922E8168CE50B5768A44
dc.relation.isPartOfAgeing and Society
dc.subjectageing
dc.subjectAotearoa/New Zealand
dc.subjectculture
dc.subjecthealth
dc.subjectinterview
dc.subjectsleep
dc.subjectthematic analysis
dc.subject.anzsrc15 Commerce, Management, Tourism and Services
dc.subject.anzsrc16 Studies in Human Society
dc.subject.anzsrc17 Psychology and Cognitive Sciences
dc.titleSleep health in later life: Interviews exploring experiences, attitudes and behaviours of older people
dc.typeJournal article
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pubs.organisational-group/Massey University
pubs.organisational-group/Massey University/College of Health
pubs.organisational-group/Massey University/College of Health/Research Centre for Hauora and Health
pubs.organisational-group/Massey University/College of Humanities and Social Sciences
pubs.organisational-group/Massey University/College of Humanities and Social Sciences/School of Psychology
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