Sleep disorders and melatonin rhythms in elderly people
- 16 July 1994
- Vol. 309 (6948) , 167
- https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.309.6948.167
Abstract
The study population comprised four groups: (a) eight independently living patients with insomnia (four men, four women, mean age 73.1 (SD 3.9)); (b) 15 patients with insomnia (five men, 10 women, mean age 82.1 (8.8)) who had lived a minimum of six months in a nursing home; (c) 25 elderly patients without sleep disorders (19 men, six women, mean age 71.4 (5.2)) who were living independently in the community; and (d) 12 young men (mean age 24.0 (1.6)) without sleep disorders. None suffered from sleep apnoea, dementia, or depression or were taking any soporific drugs.Keywords
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