Sleep quality and duration and frailty in older adults: a systematic review.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Sleep problems and frailty are associated with adverse health outcomes in older adults, including mortality, and constitute a major public health challenge.

Objective

This study investigated the association between sleep quality and duration and frailty in older adults, with emphasis on methods of evaluation.

Methods

This systematic review was guided by the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and MetaAnalyses (PRISMA). The Embase, Medline (Pubmed) and Cochrane libraries were searched, with no time restrictions for publications.

Results and discussion

Of the 17 studies included in this review, all published between 2009 and 2024, 13 were cross-sectional and only four were longitudinal. The Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index and the Fried ph

SUBMITTER: de Souza AMN 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11898741 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature