Objective : Occupational therapists are experts who understand and approach the work, environment, and daily life that may affect or be affected by a client s sleep, but the research on this is insufficient and there is no opportunity for clinical approach. By presenting the effectiveness of occupational therapy s unique occupation-based sleep intervention program, it is intended to provide a basis for sleep-related interventions of domestic occupational therapists.
Methods : The subjects of this study were three elderly people aged 65 years or older who were admitted to nursing hospitals A, B, and C in Busan, and the experiment was conducted with an ABAB reversal design and was conducted over a total of 74 sessions.
Results : As a result of confirming the baseline and intervention lines for both sleep efficiency and sleep
satisfaction, it was found that the subjects who performed the work-based sleep intervention program had an effect on sleep efficiency and sleep satisfaction.
Conclusion : It was confirmed that the occupational-based sleep intervention program is an effective occupational
therapy intervention for alleviating sleep disorders in the elderly in hospitalization. It is expected to be a program that is very helpful in promoting physical and mental stability of the elderly in hospitalization.