活跃的老年人的时代型,睡眠质量和功能健康:一个横截面研究
Paula Nuñez1, Irene Perez1, Carmen Perillan1
1Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Department of Functional Biology, University of Oviedo, Asturias, Spain.
Chronobiology international
|February 25, 2026
概括
老年人的早晨时刻型与更好的移动性和平衡有关. 睡眠质量和认知功能不佳与使用睡眠药物和暴露于光线有关.
科学领域:
- 老年学是一门学科.
- 时间生物学 时间生物学
- 认知神经科学 认知神经科学
背景情况:
- 时刻型,或一个人的自然睡眠-觉醒周期偏好,影响日常功能.
- 虽然已知时间型对认知和身体活动的影响,但对活跃老龄人口的研究是有限的.
- 了解这些联系对于促进老年人健康衰老和功能独立至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 研究活跃的老年人时刻型和认知和身体功能之间的关联.
- 探索睡眠质量,生活方式因素和睡眠药物的使用在这些关联中的作用.
- 通过时代生物学和生活方式干预,提供关于支持健康衰老的见解.
主要方法:
- 来自奥维多大学高级学生计划的151名老年人 (平均年龄70.6岁) 的横截面研究.
- 时代型通过早晨-晚上问卷 (MEQ) 评估;睡眠质量通过匹兹堡睡眠质量指数 (PSQI) 评估.
- 用Eurotest测量的认知表现;用Tinetti移动测试测量的移动性. 记录了生活方式因素,包括体力活动,夜间照明和睡眠药物的使用.
主要成果:
- 49.7%的参与者是早上的类型,43%是中间类型.
- 较高的MEQ分数 (早晨) 与更好的流动性相关 (r=0.20,p<0.05).
- 晚间类型的平衡得分较低. 睡眠药物的使用与睡眠质量差 (B=4.42,p<0.01) 和认知能力低下 (B=-0.91,p<0.05) 有关. 女性报告睡眠状况比男性差.
结论:
- 时刻型和睡眠相关的行为与活跃的老年人的功能结果有显著的关联.
- 早起与改善平衡和移动性有关.
- 睡眠药物的使用和夜间光线暴露对睡眠质量和认知功能产生负面影响,突出显示了时代生物学和生活方式因素对健康衰老的重要性.
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