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Twenty-four-hour sleep-wake patterns in a nursing home population.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  2803629     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
Sleep-activity patterns were objectively recorded over a 24-hr period in 19 elderly nursing home residents. On average, both sleep and wake times were observed during every hour of the 24 recorded hours; however, the sleep pattern of the residents was fragmented so that they rarely experienced even a single hour of consolidated time spent sleeping. It is hypothesized that several independent factors, including compensation for lost sleep, increased total time in bed, weakening of social constraints, and deterioration of the circadian sleep-wake rhythm, are interacting to produce this increase in sleep fragmentation.
Authors:
D Jacobs; S Ancoli-Israel; L Parker; D F Kripke
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article; Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.; Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Psychology and aging     Volume:  4     ISSN:  0882-7974     ISO Abbreviation:  Psychol Aging     Publication Date:  1989 Sep 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  1989-12-01     Completed Date:  1989-12-01     Revised Date:  2007-11-14    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  8904079     Medline TA:  Psychol Aging     Country:  UNITED STATES    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  352-6     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, University of California, San Diego.
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Activities of Daily Living
Aged
California
Circadian Rhythm*
Dementia / psychology
Depressive Disorder / psychology
Electroencephalography
Homes for the Aged*
Humans
Nursing Homes*
Risk Factors
Sleep Initiation and Maintenance Disorders / psychology*
Sleep Stages*
Wakefulness
Grant Support
ID/Acronym/Agency:
5 R01 AG02711/AG/NIA NIH HHS; P01 AG03990/AG/NIA NIH HHS

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