Managing sleep disorders in the elderly

Townsend-Roccichelli, Judith; Sanford, Julie; VandeWaa, Elizabeth A.

doi:10.1097/01.npr.0000371296.98371.7e

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“…and poorly addressed problems of aging. Getting enough sleep can have a significant impact on daily function, alertness, and overall quality of life [5] . Several studies have demonstrated that sleep problems may lead to substantially impaired health, cognitive decline, and reduced quality of life (QOL) [6,7] .…”

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Insomnia: Prevalence, risk factors, and its effect on quality of life among elderly in Zagazig City, Egypt

Allah

Abdel-Aziz

El-Seoud

2014

JNEP

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Background: Insomnia is a highly prevalent complaint among elderly; it is associated with significant morbidity and is often a persistent problem, particularly in older adults. Aim of the study: The present study aimed to determine the prevalence and risk factors of insomnia and its effect on quality of life among elderly. Design: a cross-sectional descriptive design was utilized to conduct this study. Sample: a stratified random sample of 107 elderly subjects attending the two geriatric social clubs in Zagazig city. Tools: Four tools were used in the present study; a structured interview questionnaire, Athens insomnia scale, The Geriatric Depression Scale: short form, and The Medical Outcomes Study Short Form Health Survey (SF-36). Results: The prevalence of insomnia among the studied elderly was 33.6%, while difficulty initiating sleep was the most prevalent insomnia symptoms among them. Unmarried status, depressive status, smoking, eating before bedtime, daytime long naps, irregular sleep hours were significantly associated with insomnia. Suffering from asthma, nocturia, apnea, and total number of daily medications were significantly associated with insomnia. Insomniac elderly had significantly lower scores in all quality of life domains, except the social functioning domain. Conclusion: One-third of the studied elderly was suffering insomnia which was associated with many different factors. Insomnia was associated with worse quality of life in older adults. Recommendations: Health instructions and educational programs should be conducted for elderly individuals with insomnia to improve their sleeping pattern and quality of life.

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“…Insomnia is the number one sleep disorder complaint in older adults. Clinically significant insomnia is accompanied by significant distress or impairment that occurs for at least 1 month [5] . Epidemiological studies show that the prevalence of insomnia increases steadily with age.…”

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Insomnia: Prevalence, risk factors, and its effect on quality of life among elderly in Zagazig City, Egypt

Allah

Abdel-Aziz

El-Seoud

2014

JNEP

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“…This makes the sleep duration in elderly shorter compared to the 8 hours normal sleep duration in adult population. Elderly who sleep more than seven hours are likely because they could adapt to the changes along the ageing process (Carole 2008;Smyth 2007;Roccichelli et al 2010). After the intervention of kidney bean yoghurt, data showed that the sleep efficiency in elderly had improved.…”

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“…Beta blockers, bronchodilators, diuretics, decongestants as well as other cardiovascular, neurologic, psychiatric and gastrointestinal medications can all cause sleep disturbances. One way to improve sleep quality is to consume sleeping medication, it is useful to ease the sleeping process, but it made the elderly experience sleep disturbances (Roccichelli et al 2010). Most of the elderly at Abiyoso Institutional Care for Older Person do not take any sleeping medication to overcome sleep disturbances.…”

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Kidney Bean Yoghurt is Effective to Improve Immune System and Sleep Quality Among Elderly in Yogyakarta

Putriningtyas

Astuti

2019

Jgizipangan

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This study aimed to assess the effect of kidney bean yoghurt on the immune system and sleep quality in healthy elderly subjects in Yogyakarta. The study included 17 healthy elderly aged 60-81 years. The study design was a quasi-experimental, before and after design conducted at the Abiyoso Institutional Care for elderly in Yogyakarta from April to May 2018. The subjects were given 200 ml kidney bean yoghurt everyday for 14 days. The immune system status was measured by lymphocyte count and the sleep quality was measured by the PSQI with higher scores in dicating worse sleep quality. Paired t-test was used for data analysis. Lymphocyte count after intervention (28.89±7.09) was higher than before intervention (25.96±7.41), and it was statistically significant (p=0.006). The sleep quality index after the intervention (4.88±1.83) was lower than before intervention (8.06±3.09) and the difference was statistically significant (p=0.001). This intervention study indicates that kidney bean yoghurt significantly improves both immune systems and sleeps quality among our elderly subjects.

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“…Sleep problems are common in an aging population and take a variety of forms. More than 20% of older adults suffer from chronic insomnia [2,3], characterized by difficulty in achieving and maintaining sleep [4]. In addition to insomnia, a study conducted by the National Institute on Aging with over 9000 older adults (mean age = 74 years) showed that chronic sleep complaints often cause difficulty in initiating or maintaining sleep (43%), nocturnal waking (30%), insomnia (29%), daytime napping (25%), trouble falling asleep (19%), waking too early (19%), and waking without feeling rested (13%) [5].…”

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PM2: A Partitioning‐Mining‐Measuring Method for Identifying Progressive Changes in Older Adults’ Sleeping Activity

Lin¹,

Zhang²,

Connelly³

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Journal of Healthcare Engineering

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As people age, their health typically declines, resulting in difficulty in performing daily activities. Sleep-related problems are common issues with older adults, including shifts in circadian rhythms. A detection method is proposed to identify progressive changes in sleeping activity using a three-step process: partitioning, mining, and measuring. Specifically, the original spatiotemporal representation of each sleeping activity instance was first transformed into a sequence of equal-sized segments, or symbols, via a partitioning process. A data-mining-based algorithm was proposed to find symbols that are not present in all instances of a sleeping activity. Finally, a measuring process was responsible for evaluating the changes in these symbols. Experimental evaluation conducted on a group of datasets of older adults showed that the proposed method is able to identify progressive changes in sleeping activity.

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Managing sleep disorders in the elderly

Cited by 14 publications

References 15 publications

Insomnia: Prevalence, risk factors, and its effect on quality of life among elderly in Zagazig City, Egypt

Insomnia: Prevalence, risk factors, and its effect on quality of life among elderly in Zagazig City, Egypt

Kidney Bean Yoghurt is Effective to Improve Immune System and Sleep Quality Among Elderly in Yogyakarta

PM2: A Partitioning‐Mining‐Measuring Method for Identifying Progressive Changes in Older Adults’ Sleeping Activity

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