Loneliness and sleep in older adults

Purpose The present analysis aims to examine if loneliness is associated with sleep problems and duration over a 4-year period in a sample of older adults aged 50 years and over. Methods Data on loneliness, sleep duration, sleep problems and covariates were obtained from 5698 participants from the E...

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Published inSocial Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology Vol. 55; no. 2; pp. 269 - 272
Main Author Shankar, Aparna
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Berlin/Heidelberg Springer Berlin Heidelberg 01.02.2020
Springer
Springer Nature B.V
Subjects
Adults
Aged
Analysis
Brief Report
Correlation analysis
Epidemiology
Loneliness
Medicine
Medicine & Public Health
Older people
Psychiatry
Sleep
Sleep disorders
Social networks
Loneliness
Aging
Sleep
ELSA
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Summary:Purpose The present analysis aims to examine if loneliness is associated with sleep problems and duration over a 4-year period in a sample of older adults aged 50 years and over. Methods Data on loneliness, sleep duration, sleep problems and covariates were obtained from 5698 participants from the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing at baseline (wave 4) and follow up (wave 6). Results Following adjustment for covariates, baseline loneliness was associated with an increase in the odds of reporting short sleep, and more sleep problems at follow up. Conclusions Short sleep may represent an important mechanism through which loneliness affects health.
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ISSN:0933-7954
1433-9285
DOI:10.1007/s00127-019-01805-8