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Innov Aging
Innov Aging
innovateage
Innovation in Aging
2399-5300 Oxford University Press US 

10.1093/geroni/igaa057.2456
igaa057.2456
Abstracts
Session 6160 (Symposium)
AcademicSubjects/SOC02600
Prevalence of Insomnia Symptoms and Need for an Intervention Among Direct-Care Workers in Long-Term Care
Lee Soomi  Vigoureux Taylor  Hyer Kathryn  Small Brent  
University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida, United States
2020 
16 12 2020 
16 12 2020 
4 Suppl 1 Program Abstracts from The GSA 2020 Annual Scientific Meeting “Turning 75: Why Age Matters”700 700
© The Author(s) 2020. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of The Gerontological Society of America.2020This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted reuse, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.Abstract
This study examined the prevalence of insomnia symptoms among direct-care workers at an assisted-living community and their perceived need for a sleep intervention. Thirty-five participants reported their main sleep-related concerns, willingness to participate in a sleep intervention, and preferred delivery forms/content of the intervention. They also reported nightly sleep characteristics via ecological momentary assessment (EMA) for 2 weeks. 80% reported any sleep-related concern; insomnia-related concern was most prevalent (57%). This was also evident in their EMA reports of waking up in the middle of the night or early morning for 72% of the days. Most (66%) expressed interest in participating in a sleep intervention either online or in group sessions. Mindfulness strategies were most preferred, followed by cognitive-behavioral therapy, and sleep hygiene education. The high prevalence of insomnia symptoms in direct-care workers needs to be addressed by future interventions for their well-being as well as for the quality of care.