Longitudinal associations between time-varying insomnia symptoms and all-cause health care services utilization among middle-aged and older adults in the United States.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To examine longitudinal associations between time-varying insomnia symptoms (difficulty initiating sleep, difficulty maintaining sleep, early-morning awakenings, and nonrestorative sleep) and all-cause health care services utilization (HSU), including overnight hospital stays, nursing home stays, and home health care services among middle-aged and older adults.

Data sources

The Health and Retirement Study (HRS), a nationwide, population-representative survey of primarily middle-aged and older adults in the United States.

Study design

This study is an analysis of prospective data from the HRS for a cohort of 13,168 adults (aged ≥50 years; females = 57.7%). Study participants were followed for 16 years. This study focuses on the associations between time-varyi

SUBMITTER: Mahmood A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9643080 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature