PREVALENT SLEEP PROBLEMS IN THE AGED
PREVALENT SLEEP PROBLEMS IN THE AGED
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DOI：
10.1007/bf00999989
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发表时间：
1991-12-01
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KRIPKE, DF
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ANCOLIISRAEL, S;KRIPKE, DF
睡眠质量影响白天的功能水平，包括压力水平、心身不适、一般健康和整体福祉。随着年龄的增长，人们更多地抱怨睡眠不安、失眠、卧床时间增加以及睡眠碎片化。这些症状可能与昼夜节律不同步、催眠或其他药物的使用、长期卧床休息、小睡、痴呆或睡眠呼吸暂停（一种在老年人中相当普遍的呼吸停止疾病）有关。我们在此回顾 12 年有关老年人睡眠的研究结果。对三个老年人群的研究发现，24% 至 42% 的老年人每小时睡眠呼吸暂停 5 次或以上，4% 至 14% 的老年人每小时睡眠呼吸暂停 20 次或以上。由于呼吸暂停与痴呆甚至死亡有关，因此呼吸暂停的高患病率极其重要。
Quality of sleep influences the level of daytime functioning, including stress levels, psychosomatic complaints, general health, and overall well-being. As people age, they complain more about disturbed sleep, insomnia, increased time in bed, and sleep fragmentation. These complaints can be related to circadian rhythm desynchronization, hypnotic or other medication use, chronic bedrest, napping, dementia, or to sleep apnea, a disorder of respiratory cessation which is quite prevalent in the elderly. We review here the results of 12 years of research on sleep in the elderly. In studies of three populations of elderly, it was found that between 24% and 42% had five or more apneas per hour of sleep and 4%–14% had 20 or more apneas per hour of sleep. Since apnea is related to dementia and even to mortality, this high prevalence of apnea is of extreme importance.