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| Sleep disorders and insomnia in the elderly | | Author(s) | J L Albarede, J E Morley, T Roth |
| Publisher | Serdi, Paris, 1993 |
| Pages | 232 pp (Facts and research in gerontology, vol 7, supplement, 1993) |
| Source | Serdi Publishing Company, 29 Rue de Saint-Petersbourg, 75008 Paris, France. |
| Keywords | Sleep disorders ; Sleep behaviour ; Dementia ; Falls ; International. |
| Annotation | Disturbed sleep and insomnia are common in older people. This volume contains papers on various aspects of sleep and sleep disorders in older age. Specific topics covered include: epidemiological overviews of sleep disorders in older people; movement disorders in older people; sleep in Alzheimer's disease; sleep loss in ageing; circadian rhythm modifications in ageing; sleep disorders and falls; noise and predictors of sleep in a nursing home environment; insomnia; nocturnal agitation; clinical assessment of insomnia; pharmacological treatments; iatrogenic insomnia; polysomnographic assessment of hypnotic efficacy; ambulatory recording of the sleep-wake cycle; and efficacy and the rebound of five hypnotics in elderly people. (AKM). |
| Accession Number | CPA-000211002 B |
| Classmark | CTS: CG: EA: OLF: 72 |
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