Insomnia in Community-Living Persons with Advanced Age.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To evaluate the epidemiology of insomnia, including demographic and clinical correlates, in older adults.

Design

Cross-sectional.

Setting

Community.

Participants

Yale Precipitating Events Project participants (N=379; mean age 84.3; 67.8% female; 11.9% African American).

Measurements

Insomnia Severity Index (ISI), with scores of 8 and higher indicating insomnia, which was further stratified according to ISI score as mild (8-14), moderate (15-21), or severe (22-28). Baseline characteristics included age, sex, race, education, smoking, obesity, medical conditions, depressive symptoms (Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression score ≥16), cognitive impairment (Mini-Mental State Examination score <24), restless legs syndrome (RLS), self-reported s

SUBMITTER: Miner B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6167156 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature