Recent advances in understanding of sleep disorders and disturbances for dementia risk and prevention

A Lam, S Kong, SL Naismith - Current Opinion in Psychiatry, 2024 - journals.lww.com
Recent work examining the pathophysiological links between sleep and dementia is
strongest for obstructive sleep apnoea and sleep duration, while findings in insomnia …

Contactless and longitudinal monitoring of nocturnal sleep and daytime naps in older men and women: a digital health technology evaluation study

KKG Ravindran, C Della Monica, G Atzori, D Lambert… - Sleep, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Abstract Study Objectives To compare the 24-hour sleep assessment capabilities of two
contactless sleep technologies (CSTs) to actigraphy in community-dwelling older adults …

[HTML][HTML] Reliable Contactless Monitoring of Heart Rate, Breathing Rate, and Breathing Disturbance During Sleep in Aging: Digital Health Technology Evaluation Study

KK G Ravindran, C Della Monica, G Atzori… - JMIR mHealth and …, 2024 - mhealth.jmir.org
Background Longitudinal monitoring of vital signs provides a method for identifying changes
to general health in an individual, particularly in older adults. The nocturnal sleep period …

Day‐to‐day sleep variability with Alzheimer's biomarkers in at‐risk elderly

AA Baril, C Picard, A Labonté… - Alzheimer's & …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
INTRODUCTION Measuring day‐to‐day sleep variability might reveal unstable sleep‐wake
cycles reflecting neurodegenerative processes. We evaluated the association between …

A protocol for evaluating digital technology for monitoring sleep and circadian rhythms in older people and people living with dementia in the community

C Della Monica, KKG Ravindran, G Atzori, DJ Lambert… - Clocks & Sleep, 2024 - mdpi.com
Sleep and circadian rhythm disturbance are predictors of poor physical and mental health,
including dementia. Long-term digital technology-enabled monitoring of sleep and circadian …

[HTML][HTML] Association Between Sleep Efficiency Variability and Cognition Among Older Adults: Cross-Sectional Accelerometer Study

C Sakal, T Li, J Li, C Yang, X Li - JMIR aging, 2024 - aging.jmir.org
Background Sleep efficiency is often used as a measure of sleep quality. Getting sufficiently
high-quality sleep has been associated with better cognitive function among older adults; …

Seasonal and daily variation in indoor light and temperature associate with sleep disturbance in dementia

AC Skeldon, T Rodriguez Garcia… - medRxiv, 2024 - medrxiv.org
Mechanisms regulating human sleep and physiology have evolved in response to rhythmic
variation in environmental variables driven by the Earth's rotation around its axis and the …

Reliable Contactless Monitoring of Heart Rate, Breathing Rate and Breathing Disturbance During Sleep in Aging: A Digital Health Technology Evaluation Study

KKG Ravindran, C della Monica, G Atzori, D Lambert… - medRxiv, 2023 - medrxiv.org
Introduction Longitudinal monitoring of vital signs provides a method for identifying changes
to general health in an individual and particularly so in older adults. The nocturnal sleep …

A 12-year polysomnographic study in Huntingtons: sleep problems predict disease onset and severity

ZJ Voysey, AOG Goodman, L Rogers, JA Holbrook… - medRxiv, 2024 - medrxiv.org
Increasing evidence suggests that the sleep pathology associated with neurodegenerative
diseases can in turn exacerbate both the cognitive deficits and underlying pathobiology of …

Evaluation of Dreem headband for sleep staging and EEG spectral analysis in people living with Alzheimer's and older adults

KKG Ravindran, C della Monica, G Atzori, H Hassanin… - medRxiv, 2024 - medrxiv.org
Introduction Portable electroencephalography (EEG) devices offer the potential for accurate
quantification of sleep at home but have not been evaluated in relevant populations …