| خلاصه مقاله | Background and aim: Obesity and overweight have turn into one of the major public health
challenges throughout the world in the recent years. It has been established that obesity and
overweight in the community are risk factors for coronary artery diseases, musculoskeletal, and
metabolic disorders. In addition, more consideration has been given to sleep period and sleep
quality related to BMI, recently. Findings from these investigations were contradictory. The older
adults are at great risk, because it goes by way of habits modifications with regard to vast
urbanization, which may possibly cause inadequate sleep and impaired sleep quality,
generally occurred with poor daily intake of food and absence of exercise. Additionally, the
association between extended sleep time and higher BMI is uncertain.The major aim of this
investigation was to assess the relationships between sleep duration and sleep quality with
overweight or obesity in a sample of older adults in Tabriz, Iran.
Material and methods: We conducted a cross-sectional study among older adults in Ebnesina health
center in Tabriz, the largest city in north-west of Iran, in May 2023. To study sleeping habits,
we applied Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Questionnaire (PSQI), a reliable and valid questionnaire to
evaluate sleep quality. It has 19 items and included 7 main factors. Each factor was graded from 0 to
3 points, in that lower point indicated no dilemmas, while higher score indicated worsening
dilemmas, All 7 factors were summed up to calculate a total score 0 to 21 points. Then, the total
scores were dichotomized into two groups: 5 and less than 5(proper sleep quality), but more than 5
(poor sleep quality). Participants completed the questionnaires with helps of health provider in the
health center. Simultaneously, the health providers measured their height in meters (m) and weight
in kilograms (kg) in order to calculate BMI. Subsequently, the BMIs were dichotomized into two
categories: normal if BMI was less than 25 and overweight/ obesity if the BMI was 25 or more.
Results: The mean age (SD) of participants was 65.9(3.1) years. More than 30 % of participants were
overweight or obese. The findings of the current study demonstrated statistically significant
relationships between sleep duration and sleep quality with BMI (p=0.002).
Conclusion: Appropriate acts and approaches that contain both sleep duration and sleep quality as
guarding factors against overweight or obesity are recommended. |