Sleep Complaints Among Elderly Persons: An Epidemiologic Study of Three Communities

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1995
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Abstract
The frequencies of five common sleep complaints—trouble falling asleep, waking up, awaking too early, needing to nap and not feeling rested—were assessed in over 9,000 participants aged 65 years and older in the National Institute on Aging's multicentered study entitled "Established Populations for Epidemiologic Studies of the Elderly" (EPESE). Less than 20% of the participants in each community rarely or never had any complaints, whereas over half reported at least one of these complaints as occurring most of the time. Between 23% and 34% had symptoms of insomnia, and between 7% and 15% percent rarely or never felt rested after waking up in the morning. In multivariate analyses, sleep complaints were associated with an increasing number of respiratory symptoms, physical disabilities, nonprescription medications, depressive symptoms and poorer self-perceived health. Sleep disturbances, particularly among older persons, oftentimes may be secondary to coexisting diseases. Determining the prevalence of specific sleep disorders, independent of health status, will require the development of more sophisticated and objective measures of sleep disturbances.
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Authors Daniel J. Foley, Andrew A. Monjan, Sandra Brown, Eleanor M. Simonsick, Robert B. Wallace, Dan G. Blazer
Journal Sleep & breathing = Schlaf & Atmung
Year 1995
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10.1093/sleep/18.6.425
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