Sleep quality and falls in older people living in self- and assisted-care villages

Gerontology

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 162-168

  St George, Rebecca J ^a   Delbaere, Kim ^a,c   Williams, Philippa ^b   Lord, Stephen R ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^d NEUROSCIENCE RESEARCH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aged; Falls; Health status; Napping; Sleep quality

Indexed keywords

CARDIOVASCULAR AGENT; DIURETIC AGENT; PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT;

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; ASSISTED LIVING FACILITY; COGNITION; DRUG USE; FALLING; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GERIATRIC DEPRESSION SCALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; NIGHT SLEEP; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; RETIREMENT; RISK FACTOR; SELF CARE; SHORT FORM 36; SLEEP; SLEEP DISORDER;

EID: 62249188857     PISSN: 0304324X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000146786     Document Type: Article

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