Associations of insomnia symptoms with subsequent health services use among community-dwelling U.S. older adults.

ABSTRACT: Determine the association of insomnia symptoms with subsequent health services use, in a representative sample of U.S. older adults. Participants were 4,289 community-dwelling Medicare beneficiaries who had continuous fee-for-service Medicare coverage 30 days before, and 1 year after the National Health and Aging Trends Study (NHATS) Round 1 interview. Participants reported past-month insomnia symptoms (i.e. sleep onset latency >30 min, difficulty returning to sleep) which we categorized as 0, 1, or 2 symptoms. Outcomes were health services use within 1 year of interviews from linked Medicare claims: emergency department (ED) visits, hospitalizations, 30-day readmissions, home health care (all measured as yes/no), and number of hospitalizations and ED visits. Overall, 18.5% of participants

SUBMITTER: Tzuang M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8248478 | biostudies-literature | 2021 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature