Potential Influence of Acute Dysregulated Sleep on Fall Incidence Among Low-Income Older Women: A Case Study.

IF 1.1 4区医学 Q4 GERIATRICS & GERONTOLOGY

Journal of gerontological nursing Pub Date : 2025-09-01 Epub Date: 2025-07-07 DOI:10.3928/00989134-20250626-02

Kworweinski Lafontant, Abigail L Tice, Jethro Raphael M Suarez, Amber Blount, Chitra Banarjee, David H Fukuda, Jeffrey R Stout, Sergi Garcia-Retortillo, Ladda Thiamwong

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Abstract

Purpose: Chronic dysregulated sleep is associated with increased fall risk in older adults, especially in low-income communities. However, little is known about the effects of acute dysregulated sleep.

Method: In the current study, we report sleep characteristics the night (Nightx), week, and month prior to a reported fall in two low-income African American older women from Orlando, Florida.

Results: Light, deep, rapid eye movement, wake, and total sleep duration between the 7 and 30 days preceding a reported fall were similar for both participants. However, participants had notable differences in all sleep stages, wake time after sleep, and total sleep duration when comparing Nightx to their average sleep 7 and 30 days prior. Participant A had relatively consistent sleep times, whereas Participant B did not, whose lowest total sleep time was Nightx.

Conclusion: An acute bout of atypical sleep may increase fall risk among low-income older women, but more research is needed to support this theory.

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急性睡眠失调对低收入老年妇女跌倒发生率的潜在影响：一项个案研究

目的：慢性睡眠失调与老年人跌倒风险增加有关，特别是在低收入社区。然而，人们对急性睡眠失调的影响知之甚少。方法：在目前的研究中，我们报告了两名来自佛罗里达州奥兰多的低收入非裔美国老年妇女的睡眠特征（Nightx），一周和一个月前的报告。结果：在报告的跌倒前7至30天，两名参与者的轻度、深度、快速眼动、清醒和总睡眠时间相似。然而，当将Nightx与7天和30天前的平均睡眠时间进行比较时，参与者在所有睡眠阶段、睡眠后醒来时间和总睡眠时间上都有显著差异。参与者A的睡眠时间相对稳定，而参与者B则没有，他们的总睡眠时间最低是晚上。结论：非典型睡眠的急性发作可能会增加低收入老年妇女跌倒的风险，但需要更多的研究来支持这一理论。老年护理杂志，xx(xx), xx-xx。

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Journal of gerontological nursing 医学-护理

CiteScore

2.00

自引率

7.70%

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审稿时长

6-12 weeks

期刊介绍： The Journal of Gerontological Nursing is a monthly, peer-reviewed journal publishing clinically relevant original articles on the practice of gerontological nursing across the continuum of care in a variety of health care settings, for more than 40 years.