The Relationship Between Social Capital and Sleep Duration Among Older Adults in Ghana: A Cross-Sectional Study
Objective: This study aims to investigate the connection between social capital and sleep duration among older adults in Ghana, as limited research has been conducted to explore this relationship.Methods: This study utilized Wave 2 data from a sample of Ghanaian older adults from the World Health Or...
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| author | Jonathan Aseye Nutakor Lulin Zhou Ebenezer Larnyo Alexander Kwame Gavu Irfan Mir Chohan Stephen Addai-Dansoh Debashree Tripura |
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| description | Objective: This study aims to investigate the connection between social capital and sleep duration among older adults in Ghana, as limited research has been conducted to explore this relationship.Methods: This study utilized Wave 2 data from a sample of Ghanaian older adults from the World Health Organization Study on Global AGEing and Adult Health (SAGE). Self-reported data on social capital and sleep duration were compiled. Using ordered logistic regression, the relationship between social capital and sleep duration was examined.Results: Older adults who did not participate in social activities showed the strongest association with the risk of short sleep (p < 0.05). Our study found that older adults who sleep for shorter periods tend to report better sleep quality. There was no correlation between medium and long sleep durations and social capital.Conclusion: This study underscores the importance of more research to truly understand the complex connections between older adults’ social participation, sleep, and health. It also has important implications for the promotion of good sleep in aging populations. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-84392c4269df4042a185f3ec4dbb3fd12023-06-29T04:11:50ZengFrontiers Media S.A.International Journal of Public Health1661-85642023-06-016810.3389/ijph.2023.16058761605876The Relationship Between Social Capital and Sleep Duration Among Older Adults in Ghana: A Cross-Sectional StudyJonathan Aseye Nutakor0Lulin Zhou1Ebenezer Larnyo2Alexander Kwame Gavu3Irfan Mir Chohan4Stephen Addai-Dansoh5Debashree Tripura6School of Management, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, ChinaSchool of Management, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, ChinaCenter for Black Studies Research, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA, United StatesDepartment of Educational Administration, College of Education, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK, CanadaSchool of Management, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, ChinaSchool of Management, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, ChinaSchool of Management, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, ChinaObjective: This study aims to investigate the connection between social capital and sleep duration among older adults in Ghana, as limited research has been conducted to explore this relationship.Methods: This study utilized Wave 2 data from a sample of Ghanaian older adults from the World Health Organization Study on Global AGEing and Adult Health (SAGE). Self-reported data on social capital and sleep duration were compiled. Using ordered logistic regression, the relationship between social capital and sleep duration was examined.Results: Older adults who did not participate in social activities showed the strongest association with the risk of short sleep (p < 0.05). Our study found that older adults who sleep for shorter periods tend to report better sleep quality. There was no correlation between medium and long sleep durations and social capital.Conclusion: This study underscores the importance of more research to truly understand the complex connections between older adults’ social participation, sleep, and health. It also has important implications for the promotion of good sleep in aging populations.https://www.ssph-journal.org/articles/10.3389/ijph.2023.1605876/fullolder adultssocial capitalsleep qualitysleep durationsub-Saharan Africa |
| spellingShingle | Jonathan Aseye Nutakor Lulin Zhou Ebenezer Larnyo Alexander Kwame Gavu Irfan Mir Chohan Stephen Addai-Dansoh Debashree Tripura The Relationship Between Social Capital and Sleep Duration Among Older Adults in Ghana: A Cross-Sectional Study International Journal of Public Health older adults social capital sleep quality sleep duration sub-Saharan Africa |
| title | The Relationship Between Social Capital and Sleep Duration Among Older Adults in Ghana: A Cross-Sectional Study |
| title_full | The Relationship Between Social Capital and Sleep Duration Among Older Adults in Ghana: A Cross-Sectional Study |
| title_fullStr | The Relationship Between Social Capital and Sleep Duration Among Older Adults in Ghana: A Cross-Sectional Study |
| title_full_unstemmed | The Relationship Between Social Capital and Sleep Duration Among Older Adults in Ghana: A Cross-Sectional Study |
| title_short | The Relationship Between Social Capital and Sleep Duration Among Older Adults in Ghana: A Cross-Sectional Study |
| title_sort | relationship between social capital and sleep duration among older adults in ghana a cross sectional study |
| topic | older adults social capital sleep quality sleep duration sub-Saharan Africa |
| url | https://www.ssph-journal.org/articles/10.3389/ijph.2023.1605876/full |
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