Sleeping Away: The Hidden Toll of Self‐reported Sleep Health and Dementia in Kenyan Adults with Chronic Diseases
Preliminary findings suggest reporter bias in dementia patients with memory impairments, highlighting the need for gold-standard objective ascertained sleep data. In LMICs like Kenya, where sleep health data is scarce, reliance on self-reported assessments may introduce inaccuracies. Future studies should leverage objective measures (e.g., actigraphy, polysomnography) and informant verification to improve reliability, informing dementia risk reduction strategies in underrepresented populations.
Authors
- Benard Alaka (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0365-3237)
- Levi A. Muyela
- Chinedu Udeh‐Momoh (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7357-4692)
- Anne Njogu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0333-3380)
- Karen Blackmon (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2665-7807)
- Jasmit Shah (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7957-5426)
- David Andai
- Adam P. Spira (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1507-0995)
- Omonigho M. Bubu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7438-2628)
- Zul Merali (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6360-7913)
- Mansoor N. Saleh
- Catherine Ajalo
- Raechel Kamau
- Litha Musili
- Alice Moraa Ondieki
- Catherine Bikeri Onyancha
- Thomas Thesen
- Anne Njoki Gitere
- Christine M Walsh
Institutions
- Dartmouth College (US)
- Johns Hopkins University (US)
- University of California, San Francisco (US)
- University Memory and Aging Center (US)
- Aga Khan University Nairobi (KE)
- Wake Forest University (US)
- New York University (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Alzheimer s & Dementia
- Published
- 2025-12-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1002/alz70855_106852
- Primary Topic
- Sleep and related disorders
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00