Browsing Medical Gerontology (Scholarly Publications) by Subject "Sleep"
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Associations between cognitive function, actigraphy-based and self-reported sleep in older community-dwelling adults: Findings from the Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing
(Wiley, 2020)Objective: Cognitive impairment is prevalent in older ages. Associations with sleep are well established; however, ambiguity remains in which sleep characteristics contribute to this impairment. We examined cross-sectional ... -
Discrepancies in self-reported and actigraphy-based sleep duration are associated with self-reported insomnia symptoms in community-dwelling older adults
(2021)Objectives: To establish agreement between self-reported and actigraphy-based total sleep time (TST). To determine the impact of self-reported sleep problems on these measurements. Design: Cross-sectional study using data ... -
Investigation of the role of sleep and physical activity risk for chronic disease prevalence in older Irish adults
(2022)Background: Chronic diseases are the leading cause of death worldwide. Many of these diseases have modifiable risk factors, including physical activity and sleep, and may be preventable. This study investigated independent ...