Insomnia symptoms and their correlates among the elderly in geriatric homes in Alexandria, Egypt

Sleep and Breathing

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 187-194

  Makhlouf, Mohamed M ^a   Ayoub, Abla I ^a   Abdel Fattah, Moataz M ^b,c  

^a High Institute of Public Health Egypt   (Egypt)

^b ALEXANDRIA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^c AL HADA ARMED FORCES HOSPITAL   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Egypt; Elderly; Insomnia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; EGYPT; FEMALE; GENDER; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INSOMNIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENTIAL HOME; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAMPLE SIZE; SLEEP DISORDER; SLEEP PATTERN; SOCIAL ASPECT;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EGYPT; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING HOMES; SEX FACTORS; SLEEP INITIATION AND MAINTENANCE DISORDERS;

EID: 34548176068     PISSN: 15209512     EISSN: 15221709     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11325-006-0097-3     Document Type: Article

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