Late-life disability may increase with more frequent insomnia symptoms and sleep medications use over time
Disability increased with more frequent insomnia symptoms and more frequent sleep medication usage each year. More frequent sleep medication usage has detrimental implications on disability beyond insomnia symptoms. Treating insomnia and managing sleep medication properly may help prevent disability among older adults.
Authors
- Soomi Lee (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7623-3770)
- Orfeu Marcello Buxton (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5057-633X)
- Tuo-Yu Chen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4127-7578)
Institutions
- Pennsylvania State University (US)
- Neurobehavioral Systems (US)
- Taipei Medical University (TW)
Publication Details
- Journal
- SLEEP
- Published
- 2025-04-14
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1093/sleep/zsaf098
- Citations
- 4
- Primary Topic
- Retirement, Disability, and Employment
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 22.37