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Vanessa Ibáñez Del Valle
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Sleep Alterations in Non-demented Older Individuals: The Role of Cortisol
2017
Background: Sleep alterations can impair quality of life and contribute to disease progression but they, and their features and contributing factors, are rarely analysed in institutionalised older individuals. In this study, we investigated sleep alterations, the factors involved, and the role of cortisol in sleep-related problems in institutionalised individuals. Methods: We conducted a descriptive cross-sectional study in participants living in nursing homes in Valencia (Spain); sleep alterations were determined based on two validated tools: the Athens insomnia scale and Oviedo sleep questionnaire. Plasma cortisol was measured in the morning and determined by high performance liquid chrom…
Subjective and objective sleep quality in elderly individuals: The role of psychogeriatric evaluation
2018
[EN] Aging affects sleep and sleep problems are common in older individuals. However, the relationship between objective and subjective tools for analysing sleep and psycho-geriatric variables have not been tested in institutionalised older individuals. This work analyses sleep quality by using actigraphy as an objective tool and validates the Athens and Oviedo sleep questionnaires in octogenarian elderly individuals as subjective scales of sleep perception. All patients wore an actigraph device for one week and then completed the Athens and Oviedo clinical sleep-evaluation questionnaires. Morning cortisol levels in blood plasma and saliva samples were also measured to assess the associatio…
Trastornos del sueño en personas mayores
2018
En el mundo occidental, las tendencias demográficas actuales se caracterizan por un descenso de las tasas de natalidad y de mortalidad. Esta combinación de tendencias ha producido inevitablemente un progresivo envejecimiento de la población, siendo el sector de la población de edad avanzada el que ha sufrido una mayor tasa de crecimiento en las últimas décadas. Este aumento de la esperanza de vida conlleva necesariamente un aumento de la morbilidad, y por ello, un alto porcentaje de personas mayores se enfrenta actualmente a diversos deterioros físicos y cognitivos asociados a la edad. Estos deterioros requieren de recursos adicionales en los sistemas de salud que tengan como reto la preven…