According to a new study, insomnia in old age can lead to cognitive impairment
and difficulty sleeping in middle age may increase the risk of cognitive impairment in the future.
According to researchers, having difficulty sleeping most days of the week, 14 years
At the end of the study, it was found to be equivalent to aging 2-3 years extra. Initial results
“Sleep 2021” presented at the 35th Annual Professional Sleep Association Meeting and published online in the journal “Sleep”
on October 30, 2022.
Research 65% female and was created by compiling the information
of 2595 adults with an average age of 64. In 2002, the participants were asked questions about falling asleep,
waking up, waking up early, feeling restless in the morning.
In 2014, depressive symptoms and vascular status were evaluated; In 2016
their cognitive status was measured with neuropsychological tests. According to the results; other sleep symptoms were not associated with cognitive impairment.
It was reported that women had more trouble falling asleep. associated with the disease problem. Depressive
symptoms were found to be associated with 12-20%, vascular diseases 6-15%. These
results were observed as evidence of an association between body diurnal cyclic dysfunction and neurodegenerative disease
Difficulty falling asleep or chronic onset insomnia, in a sample of elderly women
five shows that it can increase the risk of mild cognitive impairment or dementia by almost
per year. Neurologist and
researcher from Boston, Massachusets Dr. Lakhan finds this study important and says that “the brain is
quite active during sleep, it activates different processes, clears unnecessary things and
collects certain issues, it's like garbage of the brain. He states that he has a cleaning system
and is capable of cleaning up what accumulates during wakefulness”
. “Depression, anxiety, pain and stress are repaired during sleep and
that worsening of cognitive function is also prevented.
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