ArticlePrimary care companion to the Journal of clinical psychiatry2004
Sleep in the Elderly: Burden, Diagnosis, and Treatment.
Article in Primary care companion to the Journal of clinical psychiatry, 2004. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 30 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Who cites it
30 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 95 citations in OpenAlex.
- Toxicity of benzodiazepines in the treatment of insomnia disorders in older adults: a systematic literature review.Croatian medical journal · 2024Pooled it
- Epidemiology of insomnia disorder in older persons according to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders: a systematic review and meta-analysis.European geriatric medicine · 2023Pooled it
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- Efficacy and Safety of Daridorexant in Older and Younger Adults with Insomnia Disorder: A Secondary Analysis of a Randomised Placebo-Controlled Trial.Drugs & aging · 2022Trial
- Depression among older adults in an urban slum of Raipur city - a community based cross-sectional study.BMC geriatrics · 2023Article
- Hand Grip Strength as an Index of Health Does Not Associate With Insomnia: A Cross-Sectional Study.Cureus · 2022Article
- Sleep pattern and predictors of daily versus as-needed hypnotics use in middle-aged and older adults with insomnia.BMC primary care · 2022Article
- Clinical insomnia among elderly primary care attenders in Wuhan, China: A multicenter cross-sectional epidemiological study.Frontiers in public health · 2022Article
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- Are Reallocations between Sedentary Behaviour and Physical Activity Associated with Better Sleep in Adults Aged 55+ Years? An Isotemporal Substitution Analysis.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020Article
- Insomnia and its associated factors among older people of selected ward of Banepa municipality, Nepal.Nursing open · 2020Article
- Worry and insomnia as risk factors for depression during initial stages of COVID-19 pandemic in India.PloS one · 2020Article
- Treatment of Sleep Disturbance May Reduce the Risk of Future Probable Alzheimer's Disease.Journal of aging and health · 2019Article
- Mild cognitive impairment: associations with sleep disturbance, apolipoprotein e4, and sleep medications.Sleep medicine · 2018Article
- Insomnia in Elderly Patients: Recommendations for Pharmacological Management.Drugs & aging · 2018Review
- Elucidating the associations between sleep disturbance and depression, fatigue, and pain in older adults with cancer.Journal of geriatric oncology · 2018Article
- Insomnia in the Older Adult.Sleep medicine clinics · 2018Review
- Determinants of follow-up care associated with incident antidepressant use in older adults.BMC research notes · 2017Article
- The relationship between sleep habits, anxiety, and depression in the elderly.Nature and science of sleep · 2015Article
- Association of poor subjective sleep quality with risk for death by suicide during a 10-year period: a longitudinal, population-based study of late life.JAMA psychiatry · 2014Article
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Abstract
Insomnia is commonly seen in elderly populations and is associated with numerous individual and socioeconomic consequences. Elderly patients are more likely to suffer from chronic insomnia characterized by difficulty maintaining sleep than difficulty initiating sleep. Management of insomnia in these patients requires very careful evaluation and exclusion of an underlying medical or psychiatric condition. Nonpharmacologic interventions in elderly patients, especially use of behavioral therapy, have demonstrated some success. Commonly prescribed medications have also been effective, though they have limitations. Newer agents currently under investigation for insomnia hold promise for good efficacy and safety in the elderly population. The following review presents clinical studies, survey results, and guidelines retrieved from peer-reviewed journals in the PubMed database using the search terms elderly, temazepam, trazodone, zolpidem, zaleplon, insomnia, and prevalence and the dates 1980 to 2003. In addition, newer research with emerging agents has been included for completeness.
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