Sleep complaints in the geriatric patient.
Difficulty sleeping is a frequent complaint of elderly patients. But poor sleep is not a normal part of aging. This article discusses the most common sleep problem among older adults-insomnia, its causes, and potential treatments including over-the-counter and prescription medications and behavioral treatments such as relaxation therapy, sleep hygiene, stimulus control, sleep restriction, and cognitive and behavioral therapies.
Minnesota Regional Sleep Disorders Center, Hennepin County Medical Center, USA.
Mark W
MW
Mahowald
Michel A Cramer
MA
Bornemann
D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D001521:Behavior Therapy; D001683:Biological Clocks; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D006801:Humans; D006993:Hypnotics and Sedatives / Q000627:therapeutic use; D007319:Sleep Initiation and Maintenance Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000628:therapy*
D006993:Hypnotics and Sedatives