{"title":"EFFECTS OF OUTDOOR NATURAL LIGHT EXPOSURE ON SLEEP QUALITY IN THE ELDERLY","authors":"K. E. Şansal, S. Tanrıöver, B. T. Aka","doi":"10.31086/tjgeri.2020.147","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"Materials and Method: In order to contribute to our current understanding of the subject, a study was conducted in a long-term care facility in Istanbul, Turkey. Participating elderly residents (N = 39) were exposed to natural light outdoors (> 10,000 lx) for 40 minutes in the morning on 17–21 June and 1–5 July 2019, and they were asked to report on their sleep quality by completing various questionnaires throughout the study.","PeriodicalId":51196,"journal":{"name":"Turkish Journal of Geriatrics-Turk Geriatri Dergisi","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.4000,"publicationDate":"2020-03-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"2","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Turkish Journal of Geriatrics-Turk Geriatri Dergisi","FirstCategoryId":"3","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.31086/tjgeri.2020.147","RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q4","JCRName":"GERIATRICS & GERONTOLOGY","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Materials and Method: In order to contribute to our current understanding of the subject, a study was conducted in a long-term care facility in Istanbul, Turkey. Participating elderly residents (N = 39) were exposed to natural light outdoors (> 10,000 lx) for 40 minutes in the morning on 17–21 June and 1–5 July 2019, and they were asked to report on their sleep quality by completing various questionnaires throughout the study.
期刊介绍:
Turkish Journal of Geriatrics is a peer-reviewed journal. Official language of the journal is English. Turkish Journal of Geriatrics invites submission of Original Articles based on clinical and laboratory studies. Review Articles are published only after the invitation from the Editorial Board.