Impaired Sleep: A Multifaceted Geriatric Syndrome

Grace E Dean; Carleara Weiss; Jonna L Morris; Eileen R Chasens

doi:10.1016/j.cnur.2017.04.009

Impaired Sleep: A Multifaceted Geriatric Syndrome

Nurs Clin North Am. 2017 Sep;52(3):387-404. doi: 10.1016/j.cnur.2017.04.009.

Authors

Grace E Dean¹, Carleara Weiss², Jonna L Morris³, Eileen R Chasens³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Biobehavioral Health and Clinical Sciences, School of Nursing, University at Buffalo, 3435 Main Street, 301 Wende Hall, Buffalo, NY 14214, USA. Electronic address: gdean@buffalo.edu.
² Department of Biobehavioral Health and Clinical Sciences, School of Nursing, University at Buffalo, 3435 Main Street, 301 Wende Hall, Buffalo, NY 14214, USA.
³ Department of Health and Community Systems, School of Nursing, University of Pittsburgh, 415 Victoria Building, 3500 Victoria Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15261, USA.

PMID: 28779821
DOI: 10.1016/j.cnur.2017.04.009

Abstract

Impaired sleep increases in prevalence in older adults, with multiple possible causes that can interact with each other and can lead to poor health outcomes. This article describes normal changes in sleep with aging, sleep disorders that increase in prevalence in older adults, medications and sleep, and medical conditions and psychosocial conditions associated with impaired sleep. In addition, a brief assessment that nurses could use to assess for impaired sleep and nonpharmacologic interventions to improve sleep are discussed.

Keywords: Circadian rhythms; Geriatric syndrome; Sleep.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Aging / physiology
Geriatrics*
Humans
Prevalence
Sleep / physiology
Sleep Wake Disorders / epidemiology*
Sleep Wake Disorders / therapy