Sleep disturbances and chronic disease in older adults: results of the 2003 National Sleep Foundation Sleep in America Survey

D Foley, S Ancoli-Israel, P Britz, J Walsh - Journal of psychosomatic …, 2004 - Elsevier
OBJECTIVE: To assess the association between sleep problems and chronic disease in
older adults. METHODS: Self-reported standardized questionnaire data from 1506 …

Sleep complaints cosegregate with illness in older adults: clinical research informed by and informing epidemiological studies of sleep

MV Vitiello, KE Moe, PN Prinz - Journal of psychosomatic research, 2002 - Elsevier
Objective: The more recent epidemiological studies of sleep complaints have shown that
when factors such as physical and psychiatric illness, medication use and drug and alcohol …

Sleep complaints in older adults: a racial comparison

DG Blazer, JC Hays, DJ Foley - The Journals of Gerontology …, 1995 - academic.oup.com
Background. Sleep complaints have been reported in epidemiologic studies to be more
frequent in late life, among females, among the physically impaired, and among persons …

Sleep complaints, subjective and objective sleep patterns, health, psychological adjustment, and daytime functioning in community-dwelling older adults

CS McCrae, MA Rowe, CG Tierney… - The Journals of …, 2005 - academic.oup.com
We examined sleep complaints, subjective and objective sleep patterns, health,
psychological adjustment, and daytime functioning in 103 community-dwelling older adults …

Sleep and its disorders in older adults

JR Cooke, S Ancoli-Israel - Psychiatric Clinics, 2006 - psych.theclinics.com
Over the past few decades, research has shown that with age, several normal, age-related
changes occur in sleep architecture and sleep patterns. Along with these expected changes …

Sleep: a marker of physical and mental health in the elderly

KJ Reid, Z Martinovich, S Finkel, J Statsinger… - The American journal of …, 2006 - Elsevier
Objective The objective of this study was to determine the occurrence and recognition of
common sleep-related problems and their relationship to health-related quality-of-life …

Prospective data on sleep complaints and associated risk factors in an older cohort

RE Roberts, SJ Shema, GA Kaplan - Psychosomatic medicine, 1999 - journals.lww.com
Objective The purpose of this study is to provide data on the prevalence of insomnia and
hypersomnia among older persons, the stability of these sleep complaints over time, and …

Sleep complaints among elderly persons: an epidemiologic study of three communities

DJ Foley, AA Monjan, SL Brown, EM Simonsick… - Sleep, 1995 - academic.oup.com
Epidemiology Sleep Complaints Among Elderly Persons: An Epidemiologic Study of Three
Communities Page 1 Sleep, 18(6):425-432 © 1995 American Sleep Disorders Association and …

Sleep and its disorders in aging populations

S Ancoli-Israel - Sleep medicine, 2009 - Elsevier
Most surveys confirm that older adults report sleeping about 7h a night. While sleep
architecture does change with age, most age-related sleep architecture changes occur in …

Factors associated with incidence and persistence of symptoms of disturbed sleep in an elderly cohort: the Cardiovascular Health Study

SF Quan, PL Enright, R Katz, J Olson… - The American journal of …, 2005 - Elsevier
Background There are limited data pertaining to the factors influencing the incidence and
persistence of sleep symptoms in the elderly. The purpose of this study was to determine the …