Insomnia and Daytime Sleepiness Are Risk Factors for Depressive Symptoms in the Elderly
Author(s) -
Isabelle Jaussent,
Jean Bouyer,
MarieLaure Ancelin,
Tasnime Akbaraly,
Karine Pérès,
Karen Ritchie,
A Besset,
Yves Dauvilliers
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
sleep
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.222
H-Index - 207
eISSN - 1550-9109
pISSN - 0161-8105
DOI - 10.5665/sleep.1170
Subject(s) - insomnia , depression (economics) , confounding , excessive daytime sleepiness , medicine , sleep disorder , risk factor , logistic regression , psychiatry , psychology , economics , macroeconomics
Previous studies have reported that insomnia and excessive daytime sleepiness (EDS) may predict depression in adults. However, these associations have not been investigated in community-dwelling elderly taking into account insomnia symptoms, EDS, and sleep medication.
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