Sleep duration and excessive daytime sleepiness are associated with incidence of disability in community dwelling older adults

...博 士 論 文 Sleep duration and excessive daytime sleepiness are associated with incidence of disability in community- dwelling older adults （地域在住高齢者において、 睡眠時間と過度の日中の眠気は障害発生に関連する）... have investigated excessive daytime sleepiness (EDS) in older adults EDS is one of the most common sleep disturbances, and presents in 15% to 30% of community- dwelling older adults 10-12 EDS is associated. .. been associated with increases or decreases in sleep duration 16 CONCLUSION Long sleep duration and EDS were associated with a higher risk of incident disability among community- dwelling older adults