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Sleep in Older Adults and Its Possible Relations With COVID-19

Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, older adults have been found to be a highly vulnerable group, with a higher prevalence of severe cases and negative outcomes. Research has focused on the reasons why older adults are at greater risk; Sleep-related factors have been suggested as one possi...

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Autores principales: Pires, Gabriel Natan, Ishikura, Isabela Antunes, Xavier, Sandra Doria, Petrella, Caetano, Piovezan, Ronaldo Delmonte, Xerfan, Ellen Maria Sampaio, Andersen, Monica Levy, Tufik, Sergio
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Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8226324/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34177550
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fnagi.2021.647875
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author Pires, Gabriel Natan
Ishikura, Isabela Antunes
Xavier, Sandra Doria
Petrella, Caetano
Piovezan, Ronaldo Delmonte
Xerfan, Ellen Maria Sampaio
Andersen, Monica Levy
Tufik, Sergio
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Ishikura, Isabela Antunes
Xavier, Sandra Doria
Petrella, Caetano
Piovezan, Ronaldo Delmonte
Xerfan, Ellen Maria Sampaio
Andersen, Monica Levy
Tufik, Sergio
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description Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, older adults have been found to be a highly vulnerable group, with a higher prevalence of severe cases and negative outcomes. Research has focused on the reasons why older adults are at greater risk; Sleep-related factors have been suggested as one possible explanation for this. An individual’s sleep pattern undergoes significant changes over the course of their life. In older adults a specific sleep profile can be observed, one characterized by advanced sleep timing, a morningness preference, longer sleep-onset latency, shorter overall sleep duration, increased sleep fragmentation, reduced slow-wave sleep and, increased wake time after sleep onset. Additionally, an increased prevalence of sleep disorders can be observed, such as obstructive sleep apnea and insomnia. Previous research has already linked sleep disorders (especially sleep apnea) with COVID-19, but few studies have focused specifically on the older population. We believe that the intrinsic sleep patterns of older adults, and the prevalence of sleep disorders in this population, may be important factors that could explain why they are at a greater risk of negative COVID-19 outcomes. In this review, we discuss the relationship between sleep and COVID-19 among older adults, focusing on three different aspects: (1) Sleep-related issues that might increase the likelihood of getting infected by SARS-COV-2; (2) Sleep disturbances that might increase the predisposition to worse COVID-19 prognosis and outcomes; and (3) COVID-19-related aspects affecting community-dwelling older adults, such as social isolation, quarantine, and home confinement, among others, that might impact sleep.
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spelling pubmed-82263242021-06-26 Sleep in Older Adults and Its Possible Relations With COVID-19 Pires, Gabriel Natan Ishikura, Isabela Antunes Xavier, Sandra Doria Petrella, Caetano Piovezan, Ronaldo Delmonte Xerfan, Ellen Maria Sampaio Andersen, Monica Levy Tufik, Sergio Front Aging Neurosci Neuroscience Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, older adults have been found to be a highly vulnerable group, with a higher prevalence of severe cases and negative outcomes. Research has focused on the reasons why older adults are at greater risk; Sleep-related factors have been suggested as one possible explanation for this. An individual’s sleep pattern undergoes significant changes over the course of their life. In older adults a specific sleep profile can be observed, one characterized by advanced sleep timing, a morningness preference, longer sleep-onset latency, shorter overall sleep duration, increased sleep fragmentation, reduced slow-wave sleep and, increased wake time after sleep onset. Additionally, an increased prevalence of sleep disorders can be observed, such as obstructive sleep apnea and insomnia. Previous research has already linked sleep disorders (especially sleep apnea) with COVID-19, but few studies have focused specifically on the older population. We believe that the intrinsic sleep patterns of older adults, and the prevalence of sleep disorders in this population, may be important factors that could explain why they are at a greater risk of negative COVID-19 outcomes. In this review, we discuss the relationship between sleep and COVID-19 among older adults, focusing on three different aspects: (1) Sleep-related issues that might increase the likelihood of getting infected by SARS-COV-2; (2) Sleep disturbances that might increase the predisposition to worse COVID-19 prognosis and outcomes; and (3) COVID-19-related aspects affecting community-dwelling older adults, such as social isolation, quarantine, and home confinement, among others, that might impact sleep. Frontiers Media S.A. 2021-06-11 /pmc/articles/PMC8226324/ /pubmed/34177550 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fnagi.2021.647875 Text en Copyright © 2021 Pires, Ishikura, Xavier, Petrella, Piovezan, Xerfan, Andersen and Tufik. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
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Pires, Gabriel Natan
Ishikura, Isabela Antunes
Xavier, Sandra Doria
Petrella, Caetano
Piovezan, Ronaldo Delmonte
Xerfan, Ellen Maria Sampaio
Andersen, Monica Levy
Tufik, Sergio
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title_short Sleep in Older Adults and Its Possible Relations With COVID-19
title_sort sleep in older adults and its possible relations with covid-19
topic Neuroscience
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8226324/
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