[Sleep, organic deterioration and general health in the aging population. Study in a basic health zone of Oviedo]

Actas Luso Esp Neurol Psiquiatr Cienc Afines. 1991 Jul-Aug;19(4):191-9.
[Article in Spanish]

Abstract

An epidemiologic approach to the involutive general population was made to detect patients and risk group of insomnia. The survey was carried out in one health area of Oviedo, during the winter of 1990. A total of 329 elderly persons were interviewed, and three questionnaires were used: the G.H.Q., MMSE and a questionnaire "ad hoc". In the study, sleep disorders were correlated with level of general health (Golberg) and cognitive impairment (MMSE).

Publication types

  • English Abstract
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Aged, 80 and over
  • Aging / physiology*
  • Cognition Disorders / complications
  • Cognition Disorders / epidemiology
  • Female
  • Health Status
  • Humans
  • Hypnotics and Sedatives / therapeutic use
  • Interview, Psychological
  • Male
  • Mental Disorders / complications
  • Mental Disorders / epidemiology*
  • Prevalence
  • Psychological Tests
  • Psychotropic Drugs / therapeutic use
  • Risk Factors
  • Sleep Initiation and Maintenance Disorders / drug therapy
  • Sleep Initiation and Maintenance Disorders / epidemiology*
  • Sleep Initiation and Maintenance Disorders / etiology
  • Spain / epidemiology
  • Surveys and Questionnaires

Substances

  • Hypnotics and Sedatives
  • Psychotropic Drugs