Sleep and other correlates of high-level health in older adults

A large sample (N  = 1139) of adults ≥75 years from the 2011–2014 NHANES cohorts was used to examine predictors of high-level health. Analyses were done with SAS to control for sample weights and allow results to be reported as population parameters. The majority of participants described their health as high -level (73.6%). Logistic regression found a longer sleep duration, minority status, decreased income, multiple medications, low physical activity, and late stage memory impairment were significant predictors of low-level health (p 

Source: Geriatric Nursing - December 13, 2017 Category: Nursing Authors: Eileen R. Chasens, Kyeongra Yang, Lynn M. Baniak, JiYeon Choi, Christopher C. Imes Source Type: research