The relationship between pain, sleep quality, and care dependency in older adults living in a long-term care facility

Table 2 Analysis of Pearson’s r correlation between pain perception and sleep quality in older people staying in a LTCF

Variables		PSQI
Variables		subjective sleep quality	sleep latency	sleep duration	sleep efficiency	sleep disturbance	use of sleep medication	daytime dysfunction	total score
GPM-24		subjective sleep quality	sleep latency	sleep duration	sleep efficiency	sleep disturbance	use of sleep medication	daytime dysfunction	total score
Disengagement because of pain	r	0.07	0.19**	0.06	0.18**	0.33***	0.11	0.35***	0.30***
pain intensity	r	0.11	0.12	0.03	-0.16*	-0.15*	0.12	0.05	0.02
pain with ambulation	r	0.15*	0.12	0.09	0.02	0.03	0.17**	0.16*	0.18**
pain with strenuous activities	r	0.20**	0.13*	0.14*	0.12	0.11	0.25***	0.20**	0.28***
pain with other activities	r	0.15**	0.13**	0.12**	0.04	0.01	0.18	0.19*	0.19*
total score	r	0.12	0.19*	0.08	0.08	0.17**	0.17*	0.29***	0.26***

*** - p < 0.001; ** - p < 0.01; * - p < 0.05; GPM-24 – Geriatric Pain Measure; PSQI – Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index; p – value for the test

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