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1760457

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
1992-2-13
pubmed:abstractText
Quality of sleep influences the level of daytime functioning, including stress levels, psychosomatic complaints, general health, and overall well-being. As people age, they complain more about disturbed sleep, insomnia, increased time in bed, and sleep fragmentation. These complaints can be related to circadian rhythm desynchronization, hypnotic or other medication use, chronic bedrest, napping, dementia, or to sleep apnea, a disorder of respiratory cessation which is quite prevalent in the elderly. We review here the results of 12 years of research on sleep in the elderly. In studies of three populations of elderly, it was found that between 24% and 42% had five or more apneas per hour of sleep and 4%-14% had 20 or more apneas per hour of sleep. Since apnea is related to dementia and even to mortality, this high prevalence of apnea is of extreme importance.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Dec
pubmed:issn
0363-3586
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
16
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
349-59
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1991
pubmed:articleTitle
Prevalent sleep problems in the aged.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Psychiatry, University of California, San Diego.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.