Self report on sleep symptoms in older adults: correlates of daytime sleepiness and health.
Sleep problems in the healthy elderly were studied in 628 community-dwelling older adults. Self-report of daytime sleepiness in this group was evaluated. Self-reported snoring was significantly associated with reports of daytime sleepiness (p < 0.001), and reported health showed significant associations with age group (p < 0.001), reports of breathing problems (p < 0.001), and reports of excessive daytime sleepiness (p < 0.01). The data strongly support the impact of sleep-related factors on self-perceptions of health in community dwelling older adults. Even as a subjective self-report measure, snoring readily predicts self-reported problems with daytime sleepiness.
Schmitt
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University of Kentucky, College of Medicine, Sanders-Brown Center on Aging, Lexington, Kentucky 40536-0084, USA.
Phillips
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Cook
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Berry
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Wekstein
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D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D000375:Aging; D006304:Health Status; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009290:Narcolepsy; D012647:Self-Assessment; D012737:Sex Factors; D012891:Sleep Apnea Syndromes / Q000150:complications; D007319:Sleep Initiation and Maintenance Disorders; D012895:Sleep, REM; D012913:Snoring / Q000209:etiology