Short sleep is associated with more depressive symptoms in a multi-ethnic cohort of older adults.

ABSTRACT: OBJECTIVES:To evaluate cross-sectional and prospective associations between short and long sleep duration and depressive symptoms in older adults (aged >65 years). METHODS:The data from a subsample of the racially/ethnically diverse Northern Manhattan Study were analyzed. Depressive symptoms were assessed twice with the Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale (CES-D), approximately 5 years apart. The presence of depressive symptoms was defined as a CES-D score ≥16 or use of antidepressants. Self-reports of short (<6 h), intermediate (6-8 h) and long (≥9 h) sleep were assessed prior to the initial CES-D. Logistic regression was used to evaluate the cross-sectional associations between short and long sleep durations with depressive symptoms, using intermediate sleep as the referenc

SUBMITTER: Lippman S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5726583 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature