Gorgoni Maurizio, De Gennaro Luigi
Department of Psychology, Sapienza University of Rome, 00185 Rome, Italy.
IRCCS Fondazione Santa Lucia, 00179 Rome, Italy.
Brain Sci. 2021 Feb 12;11(2):229. doi: 10.3390/brainsci11020229.
We have entered an era of a steep increase in the absolute and relative number of older people. This well-come phenomenon represents a major challenge for health care. However, maturational changes in sleep associated with aging do not easily appear as main factors, even though sleep alterations in the aging process lead to many detrimental consequences. In this editorial paper, we summarize the present knowledge about the main aging-related sleep modifications and their relevance for health problems and cognitive decline. Then, we present the papers published in the Special Issue "Disturbances of Sleep Among Older People".
我们已经进入了一个老年人绝对数量和相对数量急剧增加的时代。这一可喜的现象对医疗保健构成了重大挑战。然而，与衰老相关的睡眠成熟变化并不容易显现为主要因素，尽管衰老过程中的睡眠改变会导致许多有害后果。在这篇社论文章中，我们总结了目前关于与衰老相关的主要睡眠改变及其与健康问题和认知衰退相关性的知识。然后，我们介绍了发表在“老年人睡眠障碍”特刊上的论文。
