Insomnia, low sleep quality, and sleeping little are associated with frailty in Mexican women

Concerns about frailty are growing, especially in low income countries, where the prevalence reaches 17.4 % [1]. Prior evidence suggests that certain sleep disturbances are associated with frailty, such as low sleep quality [2], getting too little or too many hours of sleep [3 –5], insomnia symptoms [6] and severe nocturnal hypoxemia [7].

Source: Maturitas - March 16, 2020 Category: Primary Care Authors: Karla Moreno-Tamayo, Betty Manrique-Espinoza, Lyzbeth Beatriz Ortiz-Barrios, Ángel Cárdenas-Bahena, Eliseo Ramírez-García, Sergio Sánchez-García Source Type: research