Associations of sleep quality and sleep duration with frailty and pre-frailty in an elderly population Rugao longevity and ageing study

• Published in: BMC geriatrics Vol. 20; no. 1; p. 9
• Main Authors: Sun, Xue-Hui, Ma, Teng, Yao, Shun, Chen, Ze-Kun, Xu, Wen-Dong, Jiang, Xiao-Yan, Wang, Xiao-Feng
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England BioMed Central Ltd 06.01.2020; BioMed Central; BMC
• Subjects: Aging; Body mass index; Cognitive ability; Complications and side effects; Demographic aspects; Diabetes; Elderly population; Frail elderly; Frailty; Gender; Geriatrics; Health aspects; Hypertension; Latency; Longevity; Marital status; Older people; Phenotypes; Physiology; Quality; Regression analysis; Sleep; Sleep disorders; Sleep disturbances; Sleep duration; Sleep quality; Time; China; Sleep quality; Frailty; Elderly population; Sleep disturbances; Sleep duration

Previous studies suggest that poor sleep quality or abnormal sleep duration may be associated with frailty. Here we test the associations of sleep disturbances with both frailty and pre-frailty in an elderly population. Participants included 1726 community-dwelling elders aged 70-87 years. Pittsburg...