A recent study has established a connection between sleep-maintenance insomnia and a decrease in the likelihood of developing dementia while sleep-initiation insomnia and the use of sleep medication were associated with an increased risk of dementia. A recent study has added to the growing eviden
The study examined how multiple longitudinal measures of sleep disturbances are associated with dementia risk.
“We expected sleep-initiation insomnia and sleep medication usage to increase dementia risk, but we were surprised to find sleep-maintenance insomnia decreased dementia risk,” explained lead investigator Roger Wong, Ph.D., MPH, MSW, an Assistant Professor in the Department of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, SUNY Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, NY, USA. “The motivation behind this research was prompted on a personal level.
There is no cure for dementia and recent pharmaceutical approaches to treat dementia have had limited success, pointing to the importance of preventive approaches to dementia. “By focusing on the variations in sleep disturbances, our findings can help to inform lifestyle changes that can reduce dementia risk,” explained co-investigator Margaret Anne Lovier, MPH, Department of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, SUNY Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, NY, USA.
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