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 difference 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 worse than that of women, however, subjective sleep duality does not differ.