An Actigraphy-Based Validation Study of the Sleep Disorder Inventory in the Nursing Home.

ABSTRACT: Background: Disrupted sleep is common among nursing home patients with dementia and is associated with increased agitation, depression, and cognitive impairment. Detecting and treating sleep problems in this population are therefore of great importance, albeit challenging. Systematic observation and objective recordings of sleep are time-consuming and resource intensive and self-report is often unreliable. Commonly used proxy-rated scales contain few sleep items, which affects the reliability of the raters' reports. The present study aimed to adapt the proxy-rated Sleep Disorder Inventory (SDI) to a nursing home context and validate it against actigraphy. Methods: Cross-sectional study of 69 nursing home patients, 68% women, mean age 83.5 (SD 7.1). Sleep was assessed with the

SUBMITTER: Hjetland GJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7083107 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature