Experiences and perceptions of sleep quality among older adults in Bangka Belitung, Indonesia: a qualitative study.
Indah Permata Sari, Tita Hariyanti, Retno Lestrari and 1 others
PMID 42714332WHAT IT FOUND
Older adults described poor sleep driven by worry, family stress, heat, and lighting.
They managed it with prayer, dhikr, calming thoughts, and short daytime naps, while receiving little formal sleep guidance.
Key findings
01Most participants reported fragmented sleep, frequent awakenings, and difficulty returning to sleep.
02Worry, family stress, and bedroom conditions such as heat and lighting were described as important contributors to poor sleep, while noise was often not perceived as a major disturbance.
03Older adults relied mainly on self-initiated strategies such as prayer and dhikr, calming thoughts, and short daytime naps, with little formal guidance from health professionals or community health workers.
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What it does not show
Only 27 participants were included, and they were purposively selected from a single province, so the findings may not apply to all older adults. Sleep was based on self-report and was not objectively measured. The study describes experiences and coping strategies, so it cannot show whether any strategy improved sleep quality or daytime functioning.
The easy way to misread this
Do not read prayer, dhikr, or daytime napping as proven sleep treatments. This study reports what older adults said they used, but it did not measure whether those strategies improved sleep.