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Psychic correlates of sleep symptoms in the elderly
Author(s) -
Frisoni Giovanni B.,
de Leo Diego,
Rozzini Renzo,
Bernardini Maria,
Buono Marirosa Dello,
Trabucchi Marco
Publication year - 1992
Publication title -
international journal of geriatric psychiatry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.28
H-Index - 129
eISSN - 1099-1166
pISSN - 0885-6230
DOI - 10.1002/gps.930071208
Subject(s) - somatization , psychology , anxiety , sleep (system call) , depression (economics) , multivariate analysis , psychiatry , univariate , quality of life (healthcare) , clinical psychology , multivariate statistics , medicine , statistics , mathematics , computer science , economics , macroeconomics , operating system , psychotherapist
Night sleep symptoms and their relationship to a number of psychic, somatic and social variables were investigated in 453 elderly subjects living in the community. Multivariate statistics indicated that: (a) higher levels of somatization and anxiety were independently associated with worse quality of sleep; (b) depression was not independently associated with poor sleep quality, and association in univariate analysis was explained by higher levels of somatization; (c) sexual interest, which may be an indicator of active sexual life, was associated with better sleep quality both in elderly men and women; (d) waking up frequently in the night showed a correlation pattern with psychic, social and somatic variables different from the other sleep symptoms, suggesting a different cause.