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Effects of volitional lifestyle on sleep‐life habits in the aged
Author(s) -
SHIROTA AI,
TANAKA HIDEKI,
HAYASHI MITSUO,
HORI TADAO
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
psychiatry and clinical neurosciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.609
H-Index - 74
eISSN - 1440-1819
pISSN - 1323-1316
DOI - 10.1111/j.1440-1819.1998.tb01019.x
Subject(s) - sleep (system call) , psychology , gerontology , life style , developmental psychology , medicine , applied psychology , computer science , operating system
This study investigates the relationship between a volitional lifestyle and sleep‐life habits in the aged. High volitional group (HVG: n = 45, 26 men and 19 women, mean age 73.0 years) and low‐volitional group (LVG: n = 45, 27 men and 18 women, mean age 72.2 years) were grouped using the scale of self‐confidence. It was found that high volitional aged individuals had a relatively well structured sleep, and that most had become accustomed to taking an appetitive nap (an individual with a mean wake time shorter than the average) in the mid‐afternoon without experiencing insomniac problems.