ArticleBMC geriatrics2020
Daytime napping and successful aging among older adults in China: a cross-sectional study.
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- Napping and cognitive decline: a systematic review and meta-analysis of observational studies.BMC geriatrics · 2022Pooled it
- Benefits and risks of napping in older adults: A systematic review.Frontiers in aging neuroscience · 2022Pooled it
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- Sleep duration, daytime napping and the risk of incident metabolic syndrome vary by age and sex: findings from the China health and retirement longitudinal study.BMC public health · 2025Article
- Nap duration and its association with hypertension-diabetes comorbidity in minority populations: evidence from the CMEC study.Frontiers in endocrinology · 2025Article
- The Complex Interplay Between Sleep and Healthy Aging: A Scoping Review.Nature and science of sleep · 2025Review
- The association between post-lunch napping duration and social participation among the Chinese older adults: a cross-sectional study.BMC geriatrics · 2024Article
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backgroundThe study aimed to examine the association between daytime napping and successful aging (including its five dimensions, "low probability of disease," "no disease-related disability," "high cognitive functioning," "high physical functioning," and "active engagement with life") among China's older adults using data from the Chinese Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study conducted in 2015.
methodsCross-sectional data were used in the analysis. Multivariable logistic regressions were conducted to investigate the association between daytime napping and successful aging, and stratified analyses were performed to explore differences in nighttime sleep duration.
resultsA total of 7469 participants were included in the analysis. Daytime napping was prevalent in China's older adults (59.3%). The proportion of study participants with "successful aging" was 13.7%. Additionally, 48.6, 91.7, 54.1, 78.5, and 49.1% participants achieved "low probability of disease," "no disease-related disability," "high cognitive functioning," "high physical functioning," and "active engagement with life," respectively. Compared with the 0 min/day napping group, the > 60 min/day napping group was associated with a lower probability of achieving successful aging (OR, 0.762; 95% CI, 0.583-0.996). In the nighttime sleep duration stratification, the findings showed that in the ≥8 h/night group, napping > 60 min per day was associated with a lower likelihood of aging successfully (OR, 0.617; 95% CI, 0.387-0.984). Considering the five dimensions of successful aging, moderate and long daytime napping were negatively associated with "low probability of disease"; long daytime napping had negative associations with "no disease-related disability" and "high physical functioning"; moderate daytime napping had positive associations with "high cognitive functioning" and "active engagement with life."
conclusionsLong daytime napping showed a lower likelihood of successful aging among the elderly in China. Special attention is necessary for elderly people who sleep for longer duration both during day and night. Biological and social factors affecting the relationship between daytime napping and successful aging need to be explored in depth in the future.
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