Daytime sleepiness is associated with dementia and cognitive decline in older Italian adults: A population-based study

Sleep Medicine

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 372-377

  Merlino, G ^a,b   Piani, A ^a   Gigli, G L ^a,b   Cancelli, I ^a   Rinaldi, A ^a   Baroselli, A ^a   Serafini, A ^a   Zanchettin, B ^a   Valente, M ^a,b  

^a SANTA MARIA DELLA MISERICORDIA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UDINE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cognitive decline; Dementia; Excessive daytime sleepiness; Insomnia; Older adults; Sleep disordered breathing

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAYTIME SOMNOLENCE; DEMENTIA; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSOMNIA; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DETERIORATION; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; NIGHTMARE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTLESS LEGS SYNDROME; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; SLEEP WALKING; SNORING;

AGED; COGNITION DISORDERS; DEMENTIA; DISORDERS OF EXCESSIVE SOMNOLENCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 77949915629     PISSN: 13899457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sleep.2009.07.018     Document Type: Article

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