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Female family caregivers of elderly persons have poor sleep quality.
2003 FEB 13 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Middle-aged and older women who take care of elderly family members at home are more likely to suffer sleep interruption and poor sleep quality.
"The sleep EEGs and fatigue of 9 female family caregivers (age M=65 yr.) and 9 female noncaregivers (age M=67 yr.) were measured during two successive nights at their houses," researchers in Japan reported.
"Perceived quality of sleep was measured by the Sleep Evaluation Questionnaire. Fatigue was measured by a self-rated questionnaire, the Perceived Symptoms of Fatigue, and by critical flicker fusion (CFF) frequency. The caregivers had a significantly higher percentage of Stage 1 and a lower percentage of Stage 2 during the 2nd cycle and a higher percentage of Stages 3+4 during the 3rd cycle than those of the noncaregivers, reported R. Sato and colleagues, National College of Nursing.
"Caregivers had significantly higher percentages of EEG waves of 7-9 Hz in the 1st cycle and 6-9 Hz in the 2nd cycle and significantly lower percentages of 2-3 Hz in the 1st cycle than those of ...
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- Gross Motor Skills
- Encyclopedia entry from: Gale Encyclopedia of Psychology January 1, 2001 700+ words
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