Sleep profile in a population of community-dwelling nonagenarians: data from the Mugello study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Very few studies have investigated sleep characteristics in the oldest-old individuals (aged ≥85 years) and data collected often rely on self-reported information. This study had three aims: (i) to objectively assess, using a wearable device, the sleep characteristics of a large community of oldest-old subjects; (ii) to assess differences in sleep parameters between self-reported 'good sleepers' and 'bad sleepers'; (iii) to assess whether there was a relationship between sleep parameters and cognitive status in this community-dwelling population.

Methods

There were 178 subjects (74.2% women, median age 92 years) included in the 'Mugello study', who wore an armband 24 h/day for at least two consecutive nights to estimate sleep parameters. The perceived sleep qualit

SUBMITTER: Binazzi B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11577986 | biostudies-literature | 2023 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature