[Relationship between sleep and XXXX in the elderly chileans].

@entity1 @entity294 @entity1142 @entity998
BACKGROUND: There is scarce information about @entity1142 in elderly subjects. Among the variety of factors causing @entity1142 , the sleeping hours are a factor usually not taken into account. OBJECTIVES: To determine the association between hours of sleep during the week and weekend, with @entity1142 in older adults. DESIGN: Sleep quality, stool consistency, physical activity (PA) and dietary fiber intake was assessed using various validated surveys in 424 healthy autonomous elderly @entity1 and @entity1 , living in Santiago, Chile. RESULTS: Half of the @entity1 reported having abnormal stools ( @entity1142 and @entity294 ). Subjects who had @entity1142 had lower PA and greater @entity998 than subjects with normal bowel movements. The elderly @entity1 with @entity1142 had a higher amount of sleep during the week and weekend, that subjects with normal bowel movements (9.4    1.6 vs 8.8    1.8 hours, p = 0.013). The constipated subjects slept significantly more than those with normal evacuation (9.7    1.5 vs 9.2    1.8, p = 0.024). No differences in the nutritional status and fiber intake among @entity1 with different consistencies were found. CONCLUSIONS: There is an association between sleep and the consistency of the stools in elderly @entity1 . It would be interesting to evaluate whether long-term improvement of these factors could have a positive impact on the other.
