Open AccessSocial Network and Risk of Poor Sleep Outcomes in Older Adults: Results from a Spanish Prospective Cohort Study
Author(s) -
Rocío León-González,
Fernando RodríguezArtalejo,
Rosario Ortolá,
Esther López-Garcı́a
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
nature and science of sleep
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.715
H-Index - 34
ISSN - 1179-1608
DOI - 10.2147/nss.s288195
Subject(s) - medicine , epworth sleepiness scale , sleep (system call) , social support , pittsburgh sleep quality index , sleep disorder , sleep debt , prospective cohort study , quartile , morning , insomnia , gerontology , demography , psychiatry , confidence interval , psychology , polysomnography , sleep quality , apnea , sociology , psychotherapist , computer science , operating system
Not having social support has been associated with poor sleep, but most prospective studies were based on social support in the workplace, did not account for baseline sleep characteristics or did not assess sleep duration. Moreover, no previous research has evaluated the relationship between social network and sleep outcomes in an older Spanish population.