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Sleep Disorders and Aging

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  • Patricia N. Prinz, Ph.D.,
  • Michael V. Vitiello, Ph.D.,
  • Murray A. Raskind, M.D.,
  • and Michael J. Thorpy, M.D.

DISTURBANCES in the pattern of sleep are common in older adults. These sleep–wake disturbances can be the result of physiologic changes that are apparently part of normal aging, a primary sleep disorder, a secondary sleep problem resulting from one of a variety of causes, or a combination of the three. Sleep disruption often leads older persons to report symptoms of disturbed sleep to their physicians in an attempt to alleviate the disturbance.1 2 3 4 5 With the rapid increase in the elderly population, the practicing physician should be aware of the changes in sleep–wake patterns that accompany normal aging, the various sleep disorders . . .

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Funding and Disclosures

Supported by the Department of Veterans Affairs and by grants (MH33688, MH45186, AG08419, AG05136, RR-37) from the Public Health Service.

We are indebted to Sharon Roloff for assistance in the preparation of the manuscript.

Author Affiliations

From the American Lake Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Seattle (P.N.P.); the Departments of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences (P.N.P., M.V.V., M.A.R.) and Psychology (M.V.V.), University of Washington, Seattle; the Sleep–Wake Disorders Center, Montefiore Medical Center, New York (M.J.T.); and the Department of Neurology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, N.Y. (M.J.T.). Address reprint requests to Dr. Prinz at the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, RP-10, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195.

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