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Multi-Modal Home Sleep Monitoring in Older Adults

Multi-Modal Home Sleep Monitoring in Older Adults

Published on: January 26, 2019

Task switching in older adults with and without insomnia.

Kristine A Wilckens¹, Martica H Hall¹, Kirk I Erickson²

¹Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, 3811 O'Hara Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA.

|February 21, 2017

Summary

Insomnia impairs task switching, particularly in maintaining task sets, linked to sleep continuity issues. Cognitive behavioral treatment improved task repetition accuracy by enhancing sleep continuity.

Keywords:

Cognitive behavioral treatment for insomnia Insomnia Older adults Sleep drive Task switching Wake after sleep onset

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Area of Science:

Cognitive Neuroscience
Sleep Science
Gerontology

Background:

Task-switching deficits are prevalent in older adults and individuals with insomnia.
These deficits may stem from disrupted sleep continuity and reduced homeostatic sleep drive.

Purpose of the Study:

To investigate how insomnia and its treatment impact specific aspects of task switching.
To determine the association between these task-switching effects, sleep continuity, and homeostatic sleep drive.

Main Methods:

Healthy older adults with insomnia (n=48) and controls (n=51) underwent polysomnography and task-switching tests.
The insomnia group was reassessed after 8 weeks of cognitive behavioral treatment for insomnia.
Sleep measures included wake after sleep onset (WASO) and delta power during NREM sleep.

Main Results:

Insomnia reduced the effectiveness of preparatory cues on accuracy compared to controls.
Improved task-repetition accuracy post-treatment correlated with better WASO.
No significant effects were observed on response time or task alternation accuracy.

Conclusions:

Insomnia's impact on task switching is specific to task-set maintenance, not a general deficit.
These effects are linked to homeostatic sleep drive and sleep continuity disruptions.
Cognitive behavioral treatment for insomnia can improve task-repetition accuracy by enhancing sleep continuity.