SYSTEMATIC 24-HR BEHAVIORAL OBSERVATIONS OF SLEEP AND WAKEFULNESS IN A SKILLED-CARE NURSING FACILITY

被引：58

作者：

BLIWISE, DL ^{[1
]}

BEVIER, WC ^{[1
]}

BLIWISE, NG ^{[1
]}

EDGAR, DM ^{[1
]}

DEMENT, WC ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] PACIFIC GRAD SCH PSYCHOL, PALO ALTO, CA USA

来源：

PSYCHOLOGY AND AGING | 1990年 / 5卷 / 01期

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D O I：

10.1037/0882-7974.5.1.16

中图分类号：

R4 [临床医学]; R592 [老年病学];

学科分类号：

1002 ; 100203 ; 100602 ;

摘要：

Sleep patterns of aged, infirm, demented, chronically institutionalized residents of a skilled-care nursing facility were studied. The purpose of this naturalistic study was to describe sleep and wakefulness (S/W) within the limits afforded by brief behavioral observations and to examine homeostasis and diurnal rhythmicity of S/W as a function of psychoactive drug intake. Observers noted S/W every 15 min, 24 hr a day for 10 days in 24 Ss. Results indicated substantial individual variation in daytime hours. Daily and weekly variation within Ss was minimal. Sleep was least likely near sunset. Ss on psychoactive drugs showed dampened diurnal variation in S/W rhythms. In Ss not on such drugs, there was a suggestion of homeostasis of S/W between sleep during the morning and evening hours. Results are discussed methodologically (viability of approach), theoretically (age-related change in sleep), and practically (potential treatments).

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页码：16 / 24

页数：9

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