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Ageing and circadian rhythms : Sleep-wake rhythm disorders and their novel treatmenta in elderly patients with dementis. Masako OKAWA 1 1National Institute of Mental Health pp.1010-1019
Published Date 1992/12/10
DOI https://doi.org/10.11477/mf.1431900299
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Elderly patients with dementia often suffer from disorders of the sleep-wake rhythm such as revers-ed day-night rhythm, insomnia or irregular sleep-wake rhythm and behavioral disorders such as wan-dering, aggressiveness, agitation or night delirium. They present numerous safety problems and are a constant challenge to all who care for them. In this study, we presented a biological background of their circadian rhythm disorder and a successful treatment based on chronobiological principles.

Twenty-five patients admitted to a geriatric mental hospital were studied for sleep-wake rhythm disorder and treatments. Two criteria were used to select the subjects: 1) They were selected because they exhibited irregularity of their sleep-wake rhythm with behavioral disorders and/or delirium. 2) They did not exhibit sleep disorders due to sleep apnea, nocturnal myoclonus or other physical diseases which often cause sleep disorders in the elderly.


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