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| Polysomnographic and clinical correlates of behaviorally observed daytime sleep in nursing home residents | | Author(s) | Yohannes W Endeshaw, Joseph G Ouslander, Jack F Schnelle |
| Journal title | Journals of Gerontology: Series A, Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences, vol 62A, no 1, January 2007 |
| Pages | pp 55-61 |
| Source | http://www.geron.org |
| Keywords | Sleep behaviour ; Time conditions ; Nursing homes ; Residents [care homes] ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | 174 nursing home residents from 8 nursing homes in Atlanta, Georgia participated in this daytime sleepiness study. Demographic and clinical data were obtained from medical records; and assessment of residents was carried out by trained research staff. Overnight polysomnography was performed in a sub-group of the sample. Mean age was 83.4 ±8.8 years, and 136 participants were women (78%). On average, these residents were observed asleep in 19% of their daytime observations, from which it could be inferred that about 2.3 hours was spent asleep between 8 am and 8 pm. An absence of association between behavioural observations with sleep (BOS) and nocturnal sleep suggest that the causes of daytime sleepiness and nocturnal sleep problems may not be related. This finding may have important implications for interventions that aim to reduce daytime sleepiness among nursing home residents. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-070926216 A |
| Classmark | CG: 4E: LHB: KX: 7T |
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