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The Relationship Between Reported Problems Falling Asleep and Cognition Among African American Elderly

Alyssa A. Gamaldo*, Jason C. Allaire, and Keith E. Whitfield

* To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: aagamald{at}ncsu.edu.


  Abstract
This study examined the relationship between elders’ cognitive performance and self-reported trouble falling asleep. Analyses were conducted on 174 older independently living, community dwelling African Americans (M age = 72.74; range = 65 to 90). Cognitive performance was measured using the Mini-Mental State Examination, Forward Digit Span task, Backward Digit Span task, Alpha Span task, and California Verbal Learning Test. Results suggested that individuals who reported trouble falling asleep tended to perform significantly worse than individuals who did not report trouble falling asleep on measures tapping short-term memory and working memory after controlling for age, education, gender, depression, and current health. These results demonstrate that a self-report of sleep difficulty may be a unique predictor of cognitive performance.

First published on August 18, 2008, doi:10.1177/0164027508322576

Research on Aging 2008;30:752.

A more recent version of this article appeared on November 1, 2008

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