Falls and Sleep Disorders in Spanish Alzheimer's Disease in Nursing Homes: An Observational Study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

The main objective of this study was to establish a relationship between the number of falls and sleep problems experienced by patients with Alzheimer's disease.

Materials and methods

This was a cross-sectional study. A total of 114 Spanish aged people with Alzheimer's disease institutionalized in nursing homes and 80 independent Spanish aged people without neurodegenerative diseases living at home were enrolled in this study and completed in-person interviews and digital questionnaires.

Results

The mean age was 78.98 ± 8.59 years. Sleep disorders were related to continuous stress (p = 0.001; OR = 4.729) and a high frequency of falls (p = 0.001; OR = 2.145), while predictor variables associated with falls in patients with Alzheimer's disease we

SUBMITTER: Camara-Calmaestra R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10649919 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature