title: Does self-reported sleep quality predict poor cognitive performance among elderly living in elderly homes?
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Sleep complaints are common among elderly, especially institutionalized elderly, as they experience poorer sleep quality and higher use of sedative hypnotics, when compared to community-dwelling elderly. Recent findings suggest that there may be a relationship between poor quality of sleep and cognitive deficits. This study aimed at studying the relation between sleep quality and cognitive performance in older adults living in elderly homes.
  
  
  METHODS
  100 elderly living in an elderly home in El Mansoura, Egypt, were recruited in this study, 50 cases with subjective poor quality of sleep and 50 controls with subjective good quality of sleep as assessed by Pittsburgh sleep quality index (PSQI). Each participant went through comprehensive geriatric assessment (CGA), including geriatric depression scale (GDS), assessment of cognitive function by mini mental state examination (MMSE).
  
  
  RESULTS
  52% of poor sleepers showed impaired MMSE, while only 24% of good sleepers had impaired MMSE. Both orientation and (attention and calculation) were more affected (P = 0.027 and 0.035, respectively). Linear correlation coefficient between PSQI and different variables revealed significant negative correlation with total MMSE score, attention and calculation.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Poor quality of sleep is related to cognitive impairment among elderly living in elderly homes and this problem should be taken in consideration among this group of elders.
authors.affiliation: Department of Geriatrics and Gerontology, Faculty of Medicine, Ain Shams University Hospital, Cairo, Egypt.
authors.forename: Motassem S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Amer
authors.forename: Sarah A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Hamza
authors.forename: Rania M
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: El Akkad
authors.forename: Yamen I I
authors.initials: YI
authors.lastname: Abdel Galeel
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D060825:Cognitive Dysfunction / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D005260:Female; D015577:Geriatric Assessment / Q000379:methods; D006707:Homes for the Aged; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D057566:Self Report; D012890:Sleep / Q000502:physiology*; D012893:Sleep Wake Disorders / Q000150:complications*