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Article: New research on sleep research from Erasmus University summarized.
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- Health & Medicine Week
- Article date:
- November 16, 2009
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In this recent report, researchers in Netherlands conducted a study "To investigate and explain sex differences in subjective and actigraphic sleep parameters in community-dwelling elderly persons. Cross-sectional study. The study was embedded in the Rotterdam Study, a population-based study."
"Nine hundred fifty-six participants aged 59 to 97 years. N/A. Participants wore an actigraph and kept a sleep diary for an average of 6 consecutive nights. Subjective sleep quality was assessed with the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index. Unadjusted sex differences in sleep parameters were assessed with t tests. Women reported shorter total sleep time, a less favorable ...
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