ArticleBMC geriatrics2024
Association between sleep problems and functional disability in community-dwelling older adults.
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- Balance impairment as a central correlate of falls, short sleep, and physical health in community-dwelling adults.BMC public health · 2026Observational
- Assessment of sleep in older people within comprehensive geriatric assessments: a scoping review.Age and ageing · 2026Article
- Associations of physical activity, sleep with functional disability in Chinese older adults: a five-year prospective study.Clinics (Sao Paulo, Brazil) · 2026Article
- Treatment priorities from the perspectives of people with dementia with Lewy bodies: a reflexive thematic analysis.Frontiers in dementia · 2026Article
- Association of social support with sleep and subjective health outcomes in Ghanaian artisanal miners.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Longitudinal associations between multimodal symptom clusters and functional disability in older adults: a comparative cohort analysis using SHARE, ELSA, and KLoSA.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Cardiovascular Health, Assessed by Life's Essential 8, Is Associated with Lower Risk of Disability Among Older, Community-Dwelling Men and Women.European journal of investigation in health, psychology and education · 2025Article
- Effects of chronic diseases on health related quality of life is mediated by sleep difficulty in middle aged and older adults.Scientific reports · 2025Article
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Abstract
backgroundSleep problems are frequently observed in older adults. They can lead to changes in the individual's physical, occupational, cognitive, and social functioning, compromising the performance of activities of daily living and contributing to the occurrence of functional disability. This study evaluated the association between sleep problems and functional disability in community-dwelling older adults.
methodsThis was a cross-sectional study with data from 10,507 Brazilian community-dwelling older adults participating in the 2013 National Health Survey. The exposure variable was self-reported sleep problems in the last two weeks. The outcome measure was functional disability assessed from self-reported questionnaires, categorized into basic activities of daily living (BADL) and instrumental activities of daily living (IADL), and defined as not being able to perform or having little or a lot of difficulty in at least one of the activities investigated in the domain of interest.
resultsOlder adults who reported sleep problems had 1.53 (95%CI: 1.34; 1.75) and 1.42 (95%CI: 1.26; 1.59) greater odds of having a disability in BADL and IADL when compared to individuals who reported having no sleep problems.
conclusionsOlder adults with sleep problems were more likely to have a functional disability, both in BADL and IADL. Thus, it is important to implement strategies to screen for sleep problems in older adults in primary health care as a preventive strategy for functional disability.
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