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Hourly profiles of sleep and wakefulness in severely versus mild-moderately demented nursing home patients
Author(s)	R Pat-Horenczyk, M R Klauber, T Shochat
Journal title	Aging: Clinical and Experimental Research, vol 10, no 4, August 1998
Pages	pp 308-315
Keywords	Sleep behaviour ; Sleep disorders ; Dementia ; Patients [nursing homes] ; Clinical surveys ; United States of America.
Annotation	Sleep and wakefulness patterns of 67 demented nursing home residents (mean age 85.7) were recorded using Actillume recorders (which are worn on the wrist and measure wrist movements). The amount of sleep and wakefulness over one 24-hour period for each hour was compared between 46 severely demented and 21 mildly demented patients. Those with mild to moderate dementia showed a disproportionate amount of wakefulness during the night, whereas those with severe dementia showed a disproportionate amount of sleepiness during the day. With the progression of dementia, both the capacity to maintain sleep and the capacity to maintain wakefulness are impaired, and result in complete fragmentation of sleep/wakefulness during the night and day. (RH).
Accession Number	CPA-981215216 A
Classmark	CG: CTS: EA: LHB:LF: 3G: 7T
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