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| Effects of chronic insomnia and use of benzodiazepines on daytime performance in older adults | | Author(s) | Annie Vignola, Catherine Lamoureux, Célyne H Bastien |
| Journal title | The Journals of Gerontology Series B: Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences, vol 55B, no 1, January 2000 |
| Pages | pp P54-P62 |
| Keywords | Sleep disorders ; Drugs ; Cognitive processes ; Memory and Reminiscence ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | Insomnia is a common health complaint in older adults. This study evaluated the impact of insomnia and chronic use of benzodiazepines on the cognitive and psychomotor performance of older adults. Three groups, matched on age, gender and education were compared: 20 prolonged users of benzodiazepines for insomnia, 20 unmedicated insomniacs, and 20 good sleepers. The participants completed neuropsychological tests for memory, attention/concentration, psychomotor speed, and executive functions, as well as subjective evaluations of their actual performance. Findings showed that individuals with insomnia, both medicated and unmedicated, performed worse than good sleepers on the attention/concentration factor. There was no other objective evidence of performance impairments. However, unmedicated insomniacs had lower performance expectancies and subjectively rated their performance more negatively relative to the other groups. Both insomnia groups also rated their performance as lower compared with their perceived potential. (AKM). |
| Accession Number | CPA-000420406 A |
| Classmark | CTS: LLD: DA: DB: 7T |
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