Sleep in the Aging Population.
There are normal changes to sleep architecture throughout the lifespan. There is not, however, a decreased need for sleep and sleep disturbance is not an inherent part of the aging process. Sleep disturbance is common in older adults because aging is associated with an increasing prevalence of multimorbidity, polypharmacy, psychosocial factors affecting sleep, and certain primary sleep disorders. It is also associated with morbidity and mortality. Because many older adults have several factors from different domains affecting their sleep, these complaints are best approached as a multifactorial geriatric health condition, necessitating a multifaceted treatment approach.
Department of Internal Medicine, Yale School of Medicine, 333 Cedar Street, New Haven, CT 06520, USA. Electronic address: brienne.miner@yale.edu.
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Department of Internal Medicine, Yale School of Medicine, 333 Cedar Street, New Haven, CT 06520, USA; VA Connecticut Healthcare System, 950 Campbell Avenue, West Haven, CT 06516, USA.
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D000375:Aging / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D012890:Sleep / Q000502:physiology*; D012893:Sleep Wake Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy*
Aging; Geriatric syndromes; Insomnia; Multimorbidity; Polypharmacy; Sleep disorders