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Sleep problems in the aged in relation to senility
Author(s) -
KAYUKAWA YUHEI,
KOGAWA SUSUMU,
TADANO FUMIMOTO,
IMAI MAKOTO,
HAYAKAWA TOSHIJI,
OHTA TATSURO,
NAKAGAWA TAKEO,
SHIBAYAMA HIROTO
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.tb01024.x
Subject(s) - excessive daytime sleepiness , sleep (system call) , dementia , medicine , epidemiology , psychology , gerontology , psychiatry , sleep disorder , insomnia , disease , computer science , operating system
As a part of an epidemiologic survey of dementia in a community of aged persons, correlation between sleep complaints and physical illness and senility were studied. A total of 3302 randomly sampled aged individuals (aged 65 yean) were studied using a questionnaire. In this sample the prevalence of poor sleep and habitual snoring did not increase with age. The prevalence of excessive daytime sleepiness showed an increase with age. Male predominance of habitual snoring and female predominance of poor sleep were observed. Female predominance of excessive daytime sleepiness was noted among the aged 70 and over. Age‐related excessive daytime sleepiness was significantly correlated with senility.