自我报告的睡眠碎片化和睡眠持续时间以及它们与认知功能的关联在PROTECT中,这是一个50岁以上的大型数字社区群体

Jon Arild Aakre1,2, Jörn Schulz3, Clive Ballard4

  • 1Centre for Age-Related Medicine - SESAM, Stavanger University Hospital, Stavanger, Norway.

概括

睡眠不足,包括短暂,长时间或碎片化睡眠,与老年人的认知能力下降有关. 这些睡眠问题可能是维持大脑健康的干预措施的目标.

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