Mood and sleep in aging women.
The possible covariations of mood and sleep was examined in a group of 25 normal, aging women. Mood assessments made in the evenings of 3 consecutive days were independently related to both before and after sleep night. Only two sleep variables: sleep efficiency and latency to first rapid eye movement (REM) period--were reliably related to daytime moods. The relative paucity of relation between mood and sleep variables was interpreted as reflecting a general insulation of sleep from day-to-day mood variations.
D000339:Affect; D000368:Aged; D000375:Aging; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D011930:Reaction Time; D012894:Sleep Stages; D012895:Sleep, REM