ArticleEuropean geriatric medicine2018
Effect of caffeine on sleep and behaviour in nursing home residents with dementia.
Article in European geriatric medicine, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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- A systematic review of specialty dementia care units in long-term care settings.International journal of geriatric psychiatry · 2023Pooled it
- Sleep as the Foundation of Brain Health.Seminars in neurology · 2025Review
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- Long-Term Caffeine Intake Exerts Protective Effects on Intestinal Aging by Regulating Vitellogenesis and Mitochondrial Function in an AgedNutrients · 2021Article
- Use of therapeutic caffeine in acute care postoperative and critical care settings: a scoping review.BMC anesthesiology · 2021Article
- Caffeine Consumption and Behavioral Symptoms in Nursing Home Residents: A Cross-Sectional Analysis.The journal of nutrition, health & aging · 2021Article
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Abstract
background and goalSleep problems and challenging behavioural symptoms are frequently reported among nursing home residents with dementia. Coffee with caffeine is consumed frequently by these residents and can have a negative effect on sleep and behaviour in older persons with dementia. In this interventional study, the effect of caffeine reduction on sleep and challenging behavioural symptoms in nursing home residents with dementia was investigated.
methodsIn 21 nursing home residents with dementia living in 1 dementia special care unit, caffeine was gradually eliminated in the afternoon and evening. During pre-intervention and post-intervention period the care workers daily scored sleep by a specially developed sleep questionnaire. Behavioural symptoms were scored in the afternoon and evening using four items of the NPI-NH: agitation/aggression, apathy, irritability and aberrant motor behaviour.
resultsA significant improvement in sleep scores (Wilcoxon signed-rank test, DISCUSSION: This pre-post pilot study found a significant positive effect of caffeine reduction on sleep and apathy and warrants further investigation in a larger controlled study.
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