Prevalence of self-reported sleep disturbance among older adults and the association of disturbed sleep with service demand and medical conditions

International Psychogeriatrics

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 582-595

  Blay, Sergio Luís ^a   Andreoli, Sergio Baxter ^a   Gastal, Fábio Leite ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b Project Scientific Committee   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Comorbidity; Disturbed sleep; Elderly; Health service; Insomnia; Mood disorders; Service utilization; Sleep

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INSOMNIA; INTERVIEW; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MOOD DISORDER; MORBIDITY; OUTPATIENT; PNEUMONIA; PREVALENCE; SELF REPORT; SKIN DISEASE; SLEEP DISORDER; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HEALTH STATUS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; SLEEP INITIATION AND MAINTENANCE DISORDERS;

EID: 41549149707     PISSN: 10416102     EISSN: 1741203X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1041610207006308     Document Type: Article

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