TY - JOUR PY - 2021// TI - Sleep and functional capacity in adults: cross-sectional associations among self-report and objective assessments JO - Sleep health A1 - Teas, Elizabeth A1 - Friedman, Elliot SP - ePub EP - ePub VL - ePub IS - ePub N2 - OBJECTIVES: This study examined the relationship between self-reported and objectively measured sleep and functional capacity in adults.

DESIGN: Cross-sectional. PARTICIPANTS: Data were from the Midlife in the United States study. The sample consisted of men and women (n = 664) aged 25-83 who completed telephone interviews, questionnaires, and an overnight clinic stay. MEASUREMENTS: Sleep was assessed by self-report (Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index [PSQI]) and by objective measures (sleep latency, duration, wake after sleep onset [WASO], and midpoint/midpoint variability) from 7 consecutive days of actigraphy. Functional capacity was assessed by self-report of limitations and measured gait speed, grip strength, and chair stands.

RESULTS: In linear regression models adjusting for demographic and health factors, better self-reported sleep quality predicted fewer reported limitations, stronger grip, quicker gait, and faster chair stands (all P<.01). Greater WASO predicted more self-report limitations and slower gait speed (P<.05). Long (>8 hours) sleep duration and a more variable sleep schedule predicted lower grip strength (p <.05). Finally, after adjustment for objective sleep measures, PSQI remained a significant predictor of functional measures (P<.05) and explained a significant amount of additional variance (change in R(2): 0.01-0.05).

CONCLUSIONS: The present results suggest that subjective and objective sleep measures capture distinct aspects of sleep that are independently related to functional capacity. The variance in functional measures explained by sleep variables, though small, was comparable to other risk factors for functional impairment (eg, obesity), underscoring the importance of associations between sleep and optimal function in adults.

Language: en

LA - en SN - 2352-7218 UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.sleh.2020.12.001 ID - ref1 ER -