ArticleSleep health2024
Accelerometer-assessed sleep and decline in physical function in older men.
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- Associations between sleep duration trajectories and physical dysfunction among middle-aged and older Chinese adults.BMC public health · 2025Article
- Interaction effect between sleep duration and dynapenic abdominal obesity for predicting functional disability: A longitudinal study.The journal of nutrition, health & aging · 2025Article
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Abstract
objectivesAssess the prospective association of actigraphically measured sleep with self-report and objective measures of physical function among community-dwelling older men.
methodsParticipants were (n = 1496) men aged ≥65 years from the Osteoporotic Fractures in Men Study and ancillary sleep study who were followed up at 4 years for physical function outcomes. Sleep predictors included baseline total sleep time (<6, 6-8 hours [reference], >8 hours), sleep efficiency (<80% or ≥80% [reference]), wake after sleep onset (<90 [reference] or ≥90 minutes), and sleep onset latency (<30 [reference] or ≥30 minutes), measured by wrist actigraphy. Outcomes included self-reported difficulties in mobility and instrumental activities of daily living and objective measures of physical performance (time to complete chair stands, gait speed, grip strength, best narrow walk pace). Multivariable regression models estimated associations between the sleep predictors and change in physical function at follow-up, adjusting for demographic and health-related variables.
resultsParticipants with short average baseline total sleep time (<6 hours) had significantly greater slowing in their walking speed from baseline to follow-up. Participants with long baseline sleep onset latency (≥30 minutes) had significant increases in mobility difficulties and time to complete chair stands. Sleep efficiency and wake after sleep onset were not significantly associated with any outcomes. No sleep predictors were associated with change in instrumental activities of daily living.
conclusionsThese findings add to the body of evidence showing links between poor sleep and subsequent declines in physical function. Further experimental research is needed to understand the mechanisms at play.
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