睡眠是人類不可或缺的基本生理需求之一。然而研究顯示33-51%的更年期婦女抱怨有「睡眠障礙」的困擾。本研究的目的為：(l)探討更年期婦女睡眠品質分佈狀況；(2)探討更年期婦女睡眠品質及其相關因素之相關性；(3)預測相關變項對更年期婦女睡眠品質的解釋情形；(4)為未來相關研究提供建議以促進更年期婦女的睡眠品質。本研究採描述性相關、橫斷面的問卷調查法，以立意取樣 (purposive sampling)的抽樣方式，收集台灣中部某鄉鎭197名更年期婦女。資料以t-test、oneway ANOVA、多元複迴歸及Scheffe's事後比較檢定進行分析。結果顯示：(l)整體而言，本研究更年期婦女睡眠品質平均總分為5.55±3.47，其中睡眠品質良好者佔57.9%(n=114), 而42.1%(n=83)的個案屬於睡眠品質差；(2)就業情形、慢性疾病史、經期狀態、疾病數、及停經期所經歷的症狀數與睡眠品質達到顯著性差異 (t=-3.49, -3.37, P＜.01; F=3.62, P>.05, F=4.95, 5.35, P>.01)；(3)年齡、憂鬱與睡眠品質達顯著性相關(r=.57; .22, P<.01);(4)憂鬱傾向及年齡對睡眠品質可解釋總變異量為36%。

Sleep, a basic physiological need of all humans, appears to be both integrative and restorative. However, studies have reported that 33-51% of women show a dramatic increase in sleep disturbance in the mid-life years, a time when they enter menopause. The purposes of this study were to (1) explore the prevalence of poor sleep quality in menopausal women; (2) identify the relationship between sleep quality of menopausal women and its related factors; (3) predict the possible explanations of how the related variables affect sleep quality of menopausal women; and (4) provide recommendations for future strategies that aim to improve sleep quality of menopausal women. A cross-sectional, correlation coefficient design was used. Purposive sampling was employed to recruit 197 menopause women from a small town in central Taiwan. T-test, one-way ANOVA, and multiple regression were used for data analysis. The results were as follows: (1) overall, the total score for sleep quality was 5.55 +/- 3.47; 57.9% of subjects were identified as good sleepers and 42.1% as poor sleepers; (2) there were significant differences in quality of sleep related to occupational situation, history of chronic disease, menopausal status, number of chronic diseases, and number of menopausal symptoms (t = - 3.49, - 3.37, p < .01; F = 3.62, p < .05, F = 4.95, 5.35, p < .01); (3) depression and aging were strongly related to quality of sleep (r = .57; .22, p < .01); (4) 36% of variance in quality of sleep can be explained by depression and aging.