Measuring the prevalence of sleep disturbances in people with dementia living in care homes: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Study objectives

Sleep disturbances are a feature in people living with dementia, including getting up during the night, difficulty falling asleep, and excessive daytime sleepiness and may precipitate a person with dementia moving into residential care. There are varying estimates of the frequency of sleep disturbances, and it is unknown whether they are a problem for the individual. We conducted the first systematic review and meta-analysis on the prevalence and associated factors of sleep disturbances in the care home population with dementia.

Methods

We searched Embase, MEDLINE, and PsycINFO (29/04/2019) for studies of the prevalence or associated factors of sleep disturbances in people with dementia living in care homes. We computed meta-analytical estimates of the preva

SUBMITTER: Webster L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7157185 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature