Nature Of Sleep Flashcards
1
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Baird et al
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Infants between 9 and 12 had high risk of waking if mothers had depressive symptoms prior to pregnancy. Night waking could also lead to learning and behavioural difficulties.
2
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Van Cauter
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Sleep decreases for men aged 16-25 and for middle aged men.
3
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Floyd et al
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400 sleep studies found sleep decreased by 0.6% a decade. After 70, REM increased.
4
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Dement
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Over 40% of people aged 65- 85 develop sleep apnoea.
5
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Borbely et al
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Questioned 65- 81 year olds. 60% had daily naps, suggests we need the same amount of sleep as we did when we were an infant
6
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Eaton-Evans and Dugdale
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Sleep for neonate a decreases up to 6 months and increases up to 9 months.
