title: Demographic and sleep characteristics in cognitively impaired nursing home residents with and without severe sleep/wake pattern inefficiency.
abstract: This study determined the differences in demographic and sleep characteristics in cognitively impaired nursing home residents with and without severe sleep/wake pattern inefficiency. Identification of characteristics associated with severe sleep/wake pattern inefficiency will allow health care providers to make the best cost effective use of finite resources because they can target interventions towards those most likely to need them. This article reports the baseline characteristics of the total sample, compares the demographic and sleep characteristics of the subgroups with and without severe sleep/wake pattern inefficiency, and reviews related literature.
authors.affiliation: College of Nursing, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR 72114, USA. richardscathyc@uams.edu
authors.forename: Kathy Culpepper
authors.initials: KC
authors.lastname: Richards
authors.forename: Cornelia
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Beck
authors.forename: Valorie M
authors.initials: VM
authors.lastname: Shue
authors.forename: Patricia S
authors.initials: PS
authors.lastname: O'Sullivan
mesh_terms: D000203:Activities of Daily Living; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D003072:Cognition Disorders / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D015897:Comorbidity; D005242:Fecal Incontinence / Q000150:complications; D005260:Female; D015577:Geriatric Assessment; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008609:Mental Status Schedule; D009735:Nursing Homes; D017286:Polysomnography; D012307:Risk Factors; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D012893:Sleep Wake Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology*; D015144:Southeastern United States / Q000453:epidemiology; D014549:Urinary Incontinence / Q000150:complications