Sleep complaints and incident disability in a community-based cohort study of older persons.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Sleep complaints are associated with adverse health consequences. We hypothesized that non-disabled older persons with more sleep complaints have an increased risk of developing disability.

Methods

Subjects included 908 older clergy participating in the Religious Order Study without clinical dementia, history of stroke, or Parkinson disease. At baseline, participants rated their difficulty falling asleep, frequency of nocturnal awakenings, sleep efficacy, and napping frequency, from which a summary dyssomnia measure was derived. Self-report assessment of disability included instrumental activities of daily living (IADLs), basic activities of daily living (ADLs), and Rosow-Breslau mobility disability at baseline and at annual evaluations.

Results

Mean follow-

SUBMITTER: Park M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3735667 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature