Determinants of sleep quality in the healthy aged: The role of physical, psychological, circadian and naturalistic light variables

Age and Ageing

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 159-165

  Hood, Bernadette ^a   Bruck, Dorothy ^a   Kennedy, Gerard ^a  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Ageing; Circadian rhythms; Elderly; Naturalistic light; Sleep

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; ILLUMINATION; INSOMNIA; MALE; NIGHT SLEEP; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PHYSICAL PARAMETERS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SLEEP PATTERN;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SLEEP; SLEEP INITIATION AND MAINTENANCE DISORDERS;

EID: 1542299706     PISSN: 00020729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ageing/afh051     Document Type: Article

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