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| Objective sleep measures and subjective sleep satisfaction: how do older adults with insomnia define a good night's sleep? | | Author(s) | Brant W Riedel, Kenneth L Lichstein |
| Journal title | Psychology and Aging, vol 13, no 1, March 1998 |
| Pages | pp 159-163 |
| Keywords | Sleep disorders ; Sleep behaviour ; Attitude ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | Changes in sleep patterns is a common occurrence in older age, and may contribute to the higher incidence of insomnia complaints in older adults as compared to younger age groups. However, subjective responses to age-related sleep changes vary. In this study, the relationship between objective sleep measures and subjective sleep satisfaction was examined in a sample of 35 women and 12 men, all aged 59 years and over, with primary insomnia. Participants submitted to all-night sleep evaluations (polysomnography) for two nights. After each night, participants provided subjective sleep-satisfaction ratings. Results showed that depth of sleep (decreased Stage 1 sleep and increased Stages 3 and 4 sleep) and sleep latency were the best predictors of subjective sleep satisfaction. For other sleep variables such as sleep efficiency and wake time after sleep onset, no value predicted satisfaction on a particular night, although relative improvement from night 1 to night 2 predicted greater subjective satisfaction. (AKM). |
| Accession Number | CPA-980708414 A |
| Classmark | CTS: CG: DP: 7T |
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