- Title
- Prevalence of and associations with excessive daytime sleepiness in an Australian older population
- Creator
- Vashum, Khanrin P.; McEvoy, Mark Anthony; Hancock, Stephen John; Islam, Md Rafiqul; Peel, Roseanne; Attia, John Richard; Milton, Abul Hasnat
- Relation
- Asia-Pacific Journal of Public Health Vol. 27, Issue 2, p. NP2275-NP2284
- Publisher Link
- http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1010539513497783
- Publisher
- Sage
- Resource Type
- journal article
- Date
- 2015
- Description
- The aim of this research is to estimate the prevalence of excessive daytime sleepiness in an older population and associations with sociodemographic, health, and lifestyle factors using a cross-sectional, population-based study. Participants were men (1560) and women (1759), aged 55 to 85 years, enrolled in the Hunter Community Study, a longitudinal study of aging. Measurements were self-reported questionnaires, biochemical measures, and clinical measures. Of the 3319 participants, 3053 participants completed the Epworth Sleepiness Scale questionnaire. The prevalence of excessive daytime sleepiness was 15.3% overall and this was higher in males. In adjusted multivariate analysis, gender, working full time, body mass index, high-density and low-density lipoprotein cholesterol, Center for Epidemiologic Studies-Depression scale score, and Kessler psychological distress score were associated with excessive daytime sleepiness. Given the high prevalence of excessive daytime sleepiness observed in this study, further investigation and/or interventions to reduce adverse health outcomes, especially in males is warranted.
- Subject
- epidemiology; sleep; excessive daytime sleepiness; Hunter Community Study; aged care
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1304663
- Identifier
- uon:20897
- Identifier
- ISSN:1010-5395
- Language
- eng
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