Insomnia in an 80-year-old population: Relationship to medical, psychological and social factors

Journal of Sleep Research

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 183-189

  Jensen, Elmo ^a   Dehlin, O ^a   Hagberg, B ^b   Samuelsson, G ^b   Svensson, T ^b  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b Gerontology Research Center   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Aged; Depression; Insomnia; Psychology; Quality of life; Sociology; Survival

Indexed keywords

CARDIOVASCULAR AGENT; DIURETIC AGENT; HYPNOTIC AGENT; LAXATIVE;

AGED; ANGINA PECTORIS; ANOREXIA; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; CONSTIPATION; DEPRESSION; EXHAUSTION; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; INSOMNIA; LONELINESS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NAUSEA; NERVOUSNESS; NEUROSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SWEATING; VERTIGO; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COHORT STUDIES; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; QUALITY OF LIFE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SLEEP INITIATION AND MAINTENANCE DISORDERS; SLEEP, REM; WAKEFULNESS;

EID: 0031715750     PISSN: 09621105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2869.1998.00118.x     Document Type: Article

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