Sleep in assisted living facility residents versus home-dwelling older adults.
J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci
; 63(12): 1407-9, 2008 Dec.
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ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
Sleep problems among assisted living facility (ALF) residents are not well understood, and sleep-related differences between ALF residents and home-dwelling older adults have not been examined.METHODS:
We compared sleep patterns in 19 ALF residents to sleep patterns in 19 matched home-dwelling older people (age > or =65 years). All were participating in the follow-up portion of a longitudinal study of sleep and functional outcomes following post-acute rehabilitation. Sleep was assessed with the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index and 1 week of wrist actigraphy.RESULTS:
By actigraphy, ALF residents awoke earlier in the morning and exhibited more nighttime awakenings compared to home-dwelling participants (0650 hours +/- 129 hours vs 0751 hours +/- 119 hours and 19.5 +/- 8.5 vs 12.9 +/- 11.4 awakenings, respectively).CONCLUSIONS:
Larger studies are needed to confirm these initial findings that ALF residents have more disrupted sleep than do home-dwelling older persons, and to examine the functional and health consequences of poor sleep among ALF residents.
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Colección:
01-internacional
Base de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Trastornos del Sueño-Vigilia
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Instituciones de Vida Asistida
Tipo de estudio:
Clinical_trials
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Observational_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Límite:
Aged
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Aged80
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Female
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Humans
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Male
Idioma:
En
Revista:
J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci
Asunto de la revista:
GERIATRIA
Año:
2008
Tipo del documento:
Article
País de afiliación:
Estados Unidos