ArticleEuropean geriatric medicine2020
Sleep characteristics and self-rated health in older persons.
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- Daytime naps and depression risk: A meta-analysis of observational studies.Frontiers in psychology · 2022Pooled it
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- Sleep Quality and Medication Adherence in Older Adults: A Systematic Review.Clocks & sleep · 2024Review
- Association between single-person household wage workers in South Korea and insomnia symptoms: the 6th Korean Working Conditions Survey (KWCS).Annals of occupational and environmental medicine · 2024Article
- Decomposition and comparative analysis of health inequities between the male and female older adults in China: a national cross-sectional study.BMC public health · 2023Article
- Path Analysis of Influencing Factors of Depression in Middle-Aged and Elderly Patients with Diabetes.Patient preference and adherence · 2023Article
- Trading likes for sleepless nights: A lifespan investigation of social media and sleep.Sleep health · 2021Article
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Abstract
purposeIt remains unclear, how much older persons' sleep problems are due to age-related changes in sleep architecture and pattern, or whether they are a consequence of health problems. This work aimed to examine the association between sleep characteristics and self-rated health, taking into account potential confounders.
methodsData about sleep, including sleep efficiency (ratio of sleep duration to the amount of time spent in bed, considered as good if > 85%), as well as health-rated characteristics were self-reported by community-dwelling persons enrolled in the Lausanne cohort 65+ study (n = 2712, age 66-75 years). Participants' subjective health was categorized as good versus poor. The cross-sectional association between good self-rated health and sleep characteristics was examined in bivariate and multivariate analysis.
resultsThe majority of participants (68.4%) rated their health as good. Compared to the participants with poor-rated health, they more often reported a good sleep efficiency (59.5% vs 45.0%, p < 0.001) and less often reported napping (41.6% vs 54.0%, p < 0.001) as well as using sleep medication (12.7% vs 31.8%, p < 0.001). After adjustment for comorbidity, depressive symptoms and cognitive difficulties, a positive association persisted between good sleep efficiency and good self-rated health (adjOR: 1.35, 95% CI 1.10-1.66). Regular napping remained negatively associated to feel healthy (adjOR: 0.65, 95% CI 0.53-0.79).
conclusionSleep efficiency is positively associated with subjective health, whereas napping and use of sleep medication are negatively associated to rating own health as good. These associations need to be further investigated in longitudinal analyses to better understand causality.
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