Epidemiological Research Unit and Health Services Aging Area, National Medical Center XXI Century, Mexican Social Security Institute, Mexico City, Mexico.
Center for Evaluation Research and Surveys, National Institute of Public Health, Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico.
Geriatr Gerontol Int. 2017 Dec;17(12):2573-2578. doi: 10.1111/ggi.13111. Epub 2017 Jun 28.
The aim of the present study was to examine the association between sleep complaints and frailty status in a cohort of older adults from rural Mexico, and determine if this association varies according to sex.
A cross-sectional study was carried out on a total of 591 community-dwelling adults aged ≥70 years in rural settings of Mexico. Sleep complaints were based on self-reported sleep problems. Frailty status was assessed according to the Fried et al. proposal, as well as general health measurements taken from participants. Multivariate logistic regression was used to analyze the association between sleep complaints and frailty.
Frail participants accounted for 10.7% of the study sample. After adjusting for potential confounders, sleep complaints were associated with increased odds of frailty in women (OR 3.24, 95% CI 1.34-7.84), but not in men (OR 0.76, 95% CI 0.23-2.51).
In this cohort of rural Mexican older adults, sleep complaints were associated with frailty in older women. Because sleep quality is potentially remediable, future frailty prevention interventions should take sleep complaints into account. Geriatr Gerontol Int 2017; 17: 2573-2578.
本研究旨在调查墨西哥农村老年人群中睡眠问题与虚弱状况之间的关联，并确定这种关联是否因性别而异。
对墨西哥农村地区共 591 名年龄≥70 岁的社区居住成年人进行了一项横断面研究。睡眠问题基于自我报告的睡眠问题。根据 Fried 等人的建议以及从参与者那里获得的一般健康测量来评估虚弱状况。使用多变量逻辑回归分析睡眠问题与虚弱之间的关联。
虚弱的参与者占研究样本的 10.7%。在调整了潜在的混杂因素后，睡眠问题与女性的虚弱几率增加相关（OR 3.24，95%CI 1.34-7.84），但与男性无关（OR 0.76，95%CI 0.23-2.51）。
在这一墨西哥农村老年人群队列中，睡眠问题与老年女性的虚弱有关。由于睡眠质量是潜在可纠正的，因此未来的虚弱预防干预措施应考虑到睡眠问题。老年医学与老年病学国际 2017；17:2573-2578。
