In addition, among older people, excessive daytime sleeping may be associated with an increased risk in mortality and morbidity and increased risk of falls. With advanced age, sleep disturbance is also associated with declines in functional status and social functioning, in addition to memory and ...
Does sleep disturbance mediate neuropsychological functioning in older people with depression? J Affect Disord. 2009;116:139–43.Naismith SL, Norrie L, Lewis SJ, Rogers NL, Scott EM, Hickie IB. Does sleep disturbance mediate neuropsychological functioning in older people with depression? J Affect ...
Results Subjects sleeping 2.0 awakenings/night had a slightly but significant higher odds ratio of having functional performance impairment (p Conclusion Our results suggest that a better nighttime sleep consolidation might help improve daytime physical performance of older people.Sussanne Reyes...
Sleep disorders, including insomnia, sleep apnea, restless legs syndrome, and circadian rhythm disorders, are thought to increase with aging, becoming a highly prevalent issue amongst older adults. Sleep disorders and disturbances can severely impact overall health and quality of life, increasing the r...
③Sean Drummond,a psychiatrist at the University of California,San Diego,said that older people are more likely to sufferfrombroken sleep,whileyoungster people are better at sleeping efficiency straight through the night. ④More sleepinold age,however,isassociated will better health,and most older ...
Along with all the other changes that come with age, healthy older people also lose some capacity for sleep, according to a new report published online on July 24th in Current Biology, a Cell Press publication. When asked to stay in bed for 16 hours in t
The popular notion that older people need less sleep than younger adults is a myth, scientists said yesterday. While elderly people __1__ to sleep for fewer hours than they did when they were younger, this has a(n) __2__ effect on their brain#39;s performance and they would benefit ...
risk of getting it can increase as one grows older. People with this sleep disorder experience breathing pauses and awakenings during sleep, making them feel sleepy or fatigued during the daytime. Snoring can be another sign of this medical condition, but not everyone who snores has sleep apnea...
-- Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) can elevate the risk for high blood pressure, stroke, heart disease, and cognitive problems. Snoring, a symptom of OSA, is a very common condition affecting nearly 40 percent of adults, and is more common among older people. ...
老年睡眠障礙 Sleep disorders in older people 財團法人彰化基督教醫院 精神科 廖以誠醫師 2009/12/3 參考資料 Oxford Textbook of Old Age Psychiatry 2008,Robin Jacoby等人編著, 第673～686頁。 臨床老年精神醫學,黃正平編 ,第157～162頁。 內容大綱 睡眠結構與老化的特徵 睡眠疾患之診斷分類 睡眠障礙之...