Sleep duration during the 24-hour day is associated with the severity of dementia in nursing home patients

International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 21, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 945-950

  Fetveit, Arne ^a   Bjorvatn, Bjørn ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^c HAUKELAND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Dementia; Nursing home; Older; Sleep

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; CITALOPRAM; DIGITOXIN; PARACETAMOL; VITAMIN B GROUP;

ACTIMETRY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEMENTIA; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; NIGHT SLEEP; NURSING HOME PATIENT; NURSING HOME PERSONNEL; RESTLESSNESS; SLEEP DISORDER; SLEEP PATTERN; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; NURSING HOMES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SLEEP; SLEEP DISORDERS, CIRCADIAN RHYTHM;

EID: 33750160779     PISSN: 08856230     EISSN: 10991166     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gps.1587     Document Type: Article

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