Background: Depression that occurs in older people can interfere the psychomotor activities such as slowing body movements and verbal responses. The elderly who have depression will ignore themselves and their appearance and lose interest in interacting with other people which has an impact on decreasing their quality of life. Methods: This is a descriptive-analytic study using a cross-sectional approach to find depression among older people living in nursing homes. The sample size was measured by the Lemeshow formula 95% confidence interval with purposive technical sampling. A total of 103 elderly (those aged ≥60 years) lived in Padu Wau nursing home and Budi Agung nursing home, Kupang East Nusa Tenggara. Questionnaires were distributed to study participants consisting of sociodemographic characteristics, geriatric depression scale, sleep quality, and generalized anxiety disorder. Statistical analysis used descriptive and logistic regression analysis. Results: the average age of study participants is 74.51 years old (SD ± 7.73; min-max=61-90 years old). Multivariable logistic regression model showed that female (OR = 6.75; 95% CI = 1.89 to 24.12), sleep quality (OR = 12.08; 95% CI = 1.46 to 99.65), and anxiety (OR = 3.52; 95% CI = 1.04 to 11.94) is significantly associated with depression among older people who lived in nursing homes. Conclusions: female elderly, poor sleep quality, and anxiety contribute to the risk of depression in older adults.   KEYWORDS: elderly; sleep quality; depression; nursing home

Sleep is one of the processes that greatly affects aging, It essential for mental, physical, and maintenance of physical health. Kupang East Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia, a research study in a nursing home of the elderly experience have a bad quality of sleep. This study aimed to analyze the sleep quality and the factors affecting, among old age living in a nursing home at East Nusa Tenggara Indonesia. The research design was cross-sectional with primary data on 103 elderly living in nursing homes. There was a relationship between age, gender, marital status, spouse, education background, have a chronic diseases, living arrangement, anxiety, and depression with sleep quality (p<0.05). The correlation showed that there was a strong and positive patterned relationship (<0.05) between the total anxiety score and the total sleep quality score (r=0.608) and the total depression score with the total sleep quality score (r=0.561) meaning that the higher of the elderly felt anxiety and depression worsened for the quality of sleep. Old age who lives alone are more susceptible to stress or depression resulting from unconvenient environment where they live. High levels of anxiety and depression in the elderly are associated with poorer sleep quality.

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