Abstract
Around 50% of the elderly have poor sleep quality. Culture in the community is closely related
to several activities in the concept of healthy illness in the elderly. Culture can become a tradition
that can respond to elderly health problems. This study aimed to review the available relevant
literature on sleep quality in the elderly from a cross-cultural perspective.
Literature study for 2017-2020, data were obtained from databases including Science Direct,
ProQuest, Scopus and Google Scholar, with the keywords elderly, sleep quality and cross-cultural.
The researchers found 25 articles that fit the inclusion and exclusion criteria. From the review of
the article, it is known about the quality of sleep for the elderly based on cross-cultural elements
and cultural forms in fulfilling the quality of sleep for the elderly.
The poor quality of sleep in the elderly is often ignored compared to other general health
problems, so the need for an understanding approach to cultural contexts that contain multicultural
characteristics with comfortable habits in the elderly's environment will automatically form the
inherent traditions of the elderly. Several studies include the culture of sand mattresses, sand tray
cultural methods, cultural rituals of religion and culture related to language.
Review (J Int Dent Med Res 2021; 14(3): 1279-1295)
Keywords: Sleep Quality, Cross Culture, Elderly.
Received date: 19 January 2021 Accept date: 06 August 2021