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Dementia and abnormal breathing during sleep.

C D Pond1, A Mant, E A Eyland

  • 1General Practice and Primary Care Research Unit, Royal Australian College of General Practitioners, Sydney.

Age and Ageing
|July 1, 1990
PubMed
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Elderly individuals with dementia exhibit more abnormal sleep-disordered breathing compared to those with cognitive impairment not due to dementia or normal cognition. This highlights a link between dementia and disrupted sleep patterns in older adults.

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Area of Science:

  • Gerontology
  • Neurology
  • Sleep Medicine

Background:

  • Cognitive impairment in the elderly is a growing concern.
  • Sleep-disordered breathing (SDB) is increasingly recognized in aging populations.
  • The relationship between SDB and dementia requires further elucidation.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the prevalence and severity of sleep-disordered breathing in elderly individuals with dementia.
  • To compare SDB indices between demented subjects and cognitively impaired non-demented subjects.
  • To establish a potential link between dementia and abnormal sleep breathing patterns.

Main Methods:

  • Recruitment of elderly individuals with cognitive impairment.
  • Application of standard diagnostic criteria for dementia.

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  • Assessment of sleep-disordered breathing indices.
  • Comparison of SDB data across different cognitive groups (demented, non-demented impaired, normal).

    • Main Results:

    • A subgroup of truly demented subjects was identified.
    • Demented subjects demonstrated significantly more abnormal breathing during sleep.
    • Cognitively impaired individuals with dementia showed greater SDB severity than other groups.

    Conclusions:

    • Dementia is associated with significantly increased sleep-disordered breathing in the elderly.
    • Abnormal sleep breathing may be a characteristic feature of dementia in older adults.
    • Further research is warranted to explore the causal relationship and therapeutic implications.