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The rising role of age stratification in sleep and CPAP therapy adherence in elderly population
Open Journal of Medical Sciences
| Vol 1, Issue 1
Table 1. Most common causes of sleep disorders in geriatric patients [10,11].
| Neurological conditions | Parkinson's disease, Alzheimer's disease, Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis | Sleep fragmentation, lowered mo-tor control = difficulty in changing and maintaining convenient sleep position |
| REM sleep-behavior disorders, Restless legs syndrome, Periodic limb movements in sleep | ||
| Psychiatric | Bipolar disorders, schizophrenia, posttraumatic stress disorder, anxiety disorders | Difficulty initiating and/or maintaining sleep |
| Dementia, Depression, Anxiety | Insomnias | |
| Cardiac | Left ventricular failure with orthopnea and paroxysmal nocturnal dyspnea | |
| Tachyarrhythmias | ||
| Respiratory | Sleep disordered breathing (Cheyne-Stokes breathing, Obstructive sleep apnea, Obesity hypoventilation syndrome...) | |
| Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), Asthma | Nocturnal worsening of hypoxemia, predominantly during REM sleep | |
| Urinary | Benign prostatic hypertrophy, Detrusor instability | |
| Chronic pain | Vertebral algic syndromes, Osteoarthritis, Metastatic diseases | |
| Circadian rhythm disturbances | Daytime napping, Jet-lag | |
| Other | Gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) Pruritic skin conditions Medication side-effects | See Table 2. |