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| Napping in the elderly and its association with night sleep and psychological status | | Author(s) | Giovanni B Frisoni, Diego De Leo, Renzo Rozzini |
| Journal title | International Psychogeriatrics, vol 8, no 3, Fall 1996 |
| Pages | pp 477-487 |
| Keywords | Sleep behaviour ; Sleep disorders ; Living in the community ; Mental health [elderly] ; Life satisfaction ; Evaluation ; Italy. |
| Annotation | 223 community-dwelling people aged 75 and over living in Brescia, Italy participated in this cross-sectional survey. A multi-dimensional quality of life questionnaire was administered by interviewers at the subjects' own homes to assess the prevalence of daytime napping and its psychic, night sleep, and functional correlates. Statistical analysis was performed with logistic regression for estimates of the bivariate and multivariate associations of continuous independent variables with a dichotomous variable (napping). Beta coefficients with 95% and 99% confidence interval (CI) and p values of Wald statistics, were computed. Napping once or more per week was reported by 23.8% of the sample. Napping was found to be independently and positively associated with obsessive-compulsive symptoms, and with the night sleep symptom of not feeling rested in the morning. No association was found with instrumental activities of daily living (IADL). The study concludes that napping in older people is partly related to personality characteristics and partly a consequence of night sleep disturbance. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-980303274 A |
| Classmark | CG: CTS: K4: D: F:5HH: 4C: 76V |
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