GENDER DIFFERENCES IN SELF-EVALUATED SLEEP QUALITY AND ACTIVITY OR MIDDLE-AGED AND AGED SUBJECTS

In order to investigate the gender difference of sleep and activity in middle-aged and aged individuals, home-based sleep was self-evaluated for sleep quality and activity for 5 nights in 20 healthy adults (50- 76 years old; 11 women, nine men). There was no significant gender dif ference for subjective sleep duality. However, the activity level and movement index at night were significantly higher in men than in women , and the activity level during the day was significantly lower in men than in women. The objective sleep quality of men was significantly w orse than that of women, however, subjective sleep duality does not di ffer.