Correlates of excessive daytime sleepiness in community-dwelling older adults: an exploratory study

• Main Authors: Camila Astolphi Lima (Author), Wuber Jefferson de Souza Soares (Author), Tereza Loffredo Bilton (Author), Rosângela Corrêa Dias (Author), Eduardo Ferrioll (Author), Monica Rodrigues Perracini (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Associação Brasileira de Pós-Graduação em Saúde Coletiva, 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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<p>Excessive daytime sleepiness (EDS) imposes a wide range of adverse health-related outcomes in older people, such as disability, which impair everyday activities and may increase the risk of fall. Few studies have explored EDS in Brazilian older people living in the community who are typical...