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Social aspects of sleep disorders among older people
Social aspects of sleep disorders among older people

Author(s): Antonina Ostrowska
Subject(s): Health and medicine and law, Gerontology, Socio-Economic Research
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego
Keywords: insomnia; older population; sleep disorders; quality of life;

Summary/Abstract: The paper is a sociological analysis of the phenomenon of insomnia in older population. The aim is to show the experience of sleep disorders in a social context, i.e. relating them to the socio-economic situation, the quality of life, the frame of mind and the social functioning of seniors. The approach taken is not clinical, which is oriented towards a neurological explanation of the phenomenon, the diagnostics and treatment. Nor is it epidemiological, which generally considers only the demographic features, or characteristics of the state of health, in its analysis of insomnia. The occurrence of insomnia in various European countries and seeking the similarities and dissimilarities in its social correlates will be the subject of further analyses.

  • Issue Year: 15/2017
  • Issue No: 4
  • Page Range: 335-346
  • Page Count: 12
  • Language: English