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Primary versus secondary insomnia in older adults
— subjective sleep and daytime functioning | | Author(s) | Kenneth L Lichstein, H Heith Durrence, Brant W Riedel |
| Journal title | Psychology and Aging, vol 16, no 2, June 2001 |
| Pages | pp 264-271 |
| Keywords | Sleep disorders ; Evaluation ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | Although secondary insomnia (SI) is thought to be more common than primary insomnia (PI), it has received little attention because of its presumed unresponsiveness to treatment. This study recruited older people (age 58+), 82 with PI, 46 with SI, and a comparison group of 61 with no insomnia (NI). Self-report assessments of sleep revealed no significant difference between the two insomnia groups. Daytime functioning measures found significant differences in impairment between the three groups, with SI having the worst daytime functioning, followed by PI, which was worse than NI. Further analyses found substantial independence between sleep and daytime functioning. The implications of these findings for clinical management are discussed. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-020111220 A |
| Classmark | CTS: 4C: 7T |
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