Chronic insomnia and cognitive functioning among older adults.

@article{citeulike:2702450, abstract = {Chronic insomnia and cognitive impairment are both common complaints among older adults. This study explores the association between chronic insomnia and changes in cognitive functioning among older adults. The study population comprised two groups: 64 older adults without insomnia and 35 older adult insomniacs. The cognitive capacity of each participant was tested at the participant's home using the computerized "MindFit" test (CogniFit, Inc.). In five categories of cognitive functioning, older adult insomniacs displayed impaired performance compared to older adult good sleepers. Specifically, significant differences were found between insomniacs and good sleepers on memory span, allocating attention to a target, time estimation, executive functioning, and integration of two dimensions (visual and semantic) tests. The findings imply that insomnia may have detrimental effects on some cognitive functions in healthy older adults.}, address = {Department of Behavioral Science Max Stern Academic College of Emek, Yezreel, Israel. i\_haimov@yvc.ac.il}, author = {Haimov, I. and Hanuka, E. and Horowitz, Y. }, citeulike-article-id = {2702450}, issn = {1540-2002}, journal = {Behavioral sleep medicine}, keywords = {jessica}, number = {1}, pages = {32--54}, posted-at = {2008-04-22 20:25:09}, priority = {2}, title = {Chronic insomnia and cognitive functioning among older adults.}, url = {http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18412036}, volume = {6}, year = {2008} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:2702450 L3 - citeulike-article-id:2702450 TI - Chronic insomnia and cognitive functioning among older adults. JF - Behavioral sleep medicine VL - 6 IS - 1 SP - 32 EP - 54 AD - Department of Behavioral Science Max Stern Academic College of Emek, Yezreel, Israel. i_haimov@yvc.ac.il SN - 1540-2002 N2 - Chronic insomnia and cognitive impairment are both common complaints among older adults. This study explores the association between chronic insomnia and changes in cognitive functioning among older adults. The study population comprised two groups: 64 older adults without insomnia and 35 older adult insomniacs. The cognitive capacity of each participant was tested at the participant's home using the computerized "MindFit" test (CogniFit, Inc.). In five categories of cognitive functioning, older adult insomniacs displayed impaired performance compared to older adult good sleepers. Specifically, significant differences were found between insomniacs and good sleepers on memory span, allocating attention to a target, time estimation, executive functioning, and integration of two dimensions (visual and semantic) tests. The findings imply that insomnia may have detrimental effects on some cognitive functions in healthy older adults. KW - jessica AU - Haimov, I AU - Hanuka, E AU - Horowitz, Y PY - 2008///r UR - http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18412036 ER -