The American journal of geriatric psychiatry : official journal of the American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry
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Am J Geriatr Psychiatry · Feb 2006
Factors associated with caregiver reports of sleep disturbances in persons with dementia.
This investigation examined the relationship between caregivers' reports of sleep disturbances in persons with Alzheimer disease (AD) and actigraphic records of patients' sleep-wake activity, and explored the factors associated with discrepancies in this relationship. ⋯ The study suggests that both patient and caregiver factors contribute to reported sleep problems in community-dwelling patients with AD, and that caregiver reports and objective sleep assessments frequently may not agree. Treatments should consider these dyadic contributions rather than focusing on caregiver reports of patient symptoms alone.