Social support from the closest person and sleep quality in later life: Evidence from a British birth cohort study

Journal of Psychosomatic Research

Volumn 98, Issue , 2017, Pages 1-9

  Stafford, Mai ^a   Bendayan, Rebecca ^a   Tymoszuk, Ula ^a   Kuh, Diana ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ageing; Longitudinal; Marital status; Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index; Social support

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFFECT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BRITISH CITIZEN; CLOSEST PERSON; COHORT ANALYSIS; DAUGHTER; DAYTIME SOMNOLENCE; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; GENDER; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; MIDDLE AGED; MISCELLANEOUS NAMED GROUPS; PITTSBURGH SLEEP QUALITY INDEX; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SLEEP; SLEEP DISORDER; SLEEP EFFICIENCY; SLEEP PARAMETERS; SLEEP QUALITY; SLEEP TIME; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SON; SPOUSE; WIDOWED PERSON; BIRTH; INSOMNIA; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITY OF LIFE; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; AGED; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARTURITION; QUALITY OF LIFE; SLEEP; SLEEP INITIATION AND MAINTENANCE DISORDERS; SLEEP WAKE DISORDERS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 85018262536     PISSN: 00223999     EISSN: 18791360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpsychores.2017.04.014     Document Type: Article

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