Sleep-wake disturbances and frailty in community-living older persons

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 57, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 2094-2100

  Vaz Fragoso, Carlos A ^a,b   Gahbauer, Evelyne A ^a   Van Ness, Peter H ^a   Gill, Thomas M ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VA CONNECTICUT HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Epworth Sleepiness Scale; Frailty; Insomnia Severity Index

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; CHRONIC LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COMMUNITY LIVING; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; DAYTIME SOMNOLENCE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EPWORTH SLEEPINESS SCALE; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; HEALTH STATUS; HEART INFARCTION; HIP FRACTURE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INSOMNIA; MALE; NEOPLASM; PHENOTYPE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SLEEP DISORDER; SLEEP WAKING CYCLE; STROKE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COHORT STUDIES; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISABILITY EVALUATION; DISORDERS OF EXCESSIVE SOMNOLENCE; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; GAIT; HUMANS; INDEPENDENT LIVING; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MENTAL STATUS SCHEDULE; MOBILITY LIMITATION; SLEEP INITIATION AND MAINTENANCE DISORDERS; STATISTICS AS TOPIC;

EID: 70350452141     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2009.02522.x     Document Type: Article

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