https://ogma.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Index en-au 5 First incident hospitalisation for Australian women aged 70 and beyond: a 10 year examination using competing risks https://ogma.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Repository/uon:24666 Wed 15 Dec 2021 16:09:24 AEDT ]]> Does poor sleep impair cognition during aging? Longitudinal associations between changes in sleep duration and cognitive performance among older Mexican adults https://ogma.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Repository/uon:49272 50 years old) at follow-up. Data were drawn from the first and second waves of the World Health Organization's Study on global AGEing and adult health. Self-report data captured sleep duration over two nights, and five cognitive tests (immediate and delayed verbal recall, forward and backward digit span, and verbal fluency) were used to measure various cognitive domains and create a composite z-score of cognitive performance. Linear regressions were performed to assess associations between sleep length changes and cognitive decline, controlling for relevant lifestyle and health factors. Increased sleep durations at follow-up among individuals who reported intermediate sleep durations (6-9 h/night) at baseline were significantly associated with greater rates of decline in overall cognitive function. Longer sleepers also trended toward greater rates of decline for attention/working memory and executive function. This study suggests that long sleep durations are a risk factor for certain types of impaired cognition among older adults living in a middle-income country. These findings are clinically important given the growing rates of dementia and aging populations globally.]]> Wed 10 May 2023 12:10:15 AEST ]]> Patterns of aged care use among older Australian women: a prospective cohort study using linked data https://ogma.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Repository/uon:35748 Thu 28 Nov 2019 12:43:06 AEDT ]]> Validation of hospital frailty risk score to predict hospital use in older people: evidence from the Australian Longitudinal Study on Women's Health https://ogma.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Repository/uon:38316 Thu 26 Aug 2021 14:42:58 AEST ]]> The contribution of personality to longevity: findings from the Australian Centenarian Study https://ogma.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Repository/uon:20909 Sat 24 Mar 2018 07:57:55 AEDT ]]>