TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2022//
TI  - Gender-specific association between nighttime sleep duration and falls among community-dwelling middle-aged and older adults in China
JO  - Journal of applied gerontology
A1  - Zhang, Nan
A1  - Wang, Cui
A1  - Li, Yuli
A1  - Yang, Mei
A1  - Yang, Jing
A1  - Chen, Fenghui
A1  - Yan, Ping
SP  - ePub
EP  - ePub
VL  - ePub
IS  - ePub
N2  - 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>
LA  - en
SN  - 0733-4648
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/07334648221118904
ID  - ref1
ER  -