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Importance of social relationships in the association between sleep duration and cognitive function: data from community-dwelling older Singaporeans.

Grand H-L ChengAngelique ChanJune C Lo
Published in: International psychogeriatrics (2017)
Being married and having stronger social networks may buffer against the negative cognitive impact of extreme sleep duration. But larger household size might imply more stress for older persons, and therefore strengthen the sleep duration-cognitive function association. We discuss the potential biological underpinnings and the policy implications of the findings. Although our findings are based on a large sample, replication studies using objective measures of sleep duration and other cognitive measures are needed.
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