@article{ref1,
title="Gender-specific association between nighttime sleep duration and falls among community-dwelling middle-aged and older adults in China",
journal="Journal of applied gerontology",
year="2022",
author="Zhang, Nan and Wang, Cui and Li, Yuli and Yang, Mei and Yang, Jing and Chen, Fenghui and Yan, Ping",
volume="ePub",
number="ePub",
pages="ePub-ePub",
abstract="This study was conducted using the data from 2015 China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study (CHARLS). Gender-specific association between nighttime sleep duration (NSD) and falls were evaluated through multiple logistic regression by adjusting for confounding variables. Of the 22,899 respondents, 18,446 were eligible and 3,144 (16.99%) had more than a single fall. Short and long NSD were associated with high occurrences of falls in the total and female population, but only a short NSD was associated with a high occurrence of falls in the male population. In conclusion, NSD was strongly and significantly associated with falls, but the association was gender-specific. Accordingly, increasing targeted, evidence-based and gender-specific preventions for NSD and sleep disturbance are necessary among primary care interventions to prevent falls.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0733-4648",
doi="10.1177/07334648221118904",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/07334648221118904"
}