Insomnia in Community-Living Persons with Advanced Age.
Brienne MinerThomas M GillH Klar YaggiNancy S RedekerPeter H Van NessLing HanCarlos A Vaz FragosoPublished in: Journal of the American Geriatrics Society (2018)
In a sample of older adults with high medical burden and polypharmacy, insomnia was highly prevalent but unexpectedly mild and associated only with depressive symptoms and RLS. The discordance of high prevalence but mild severity of insomnia in the oldest adults highlights the need for diagnostic confirmation with objective measures of sleep disturbances, whereas the strong associations with depressive symptoms and RLS inform priorities in managing insomnia.