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- Title
Daytime Napping and Cognitive Health in Older Adults: A Systematic Review.
- Authors
Li, Junxin; McPhillips, Miranda V; Deng, Zhongyue; Fan, Fangfang; Spira, Adam
- Abstract
<bold>Background: </bold>Daytime napping may improve cognitive function in older adults. However, the association can be complicated by specific features of napping and the older adult's health. This systematic review aims to synthesize the current literature on napping and cognition in older adults and provide recommendations for future research and daytime sleep practice in older adults.<bold>Methods: </bold>Systematic searches for relative research published between January 1995 and October 2022 were conducted at PUBMED, MEDLINE, PsycINFO, and Google Scholar using keywords individually and in multiple combinations. Manual searches were performed to identify additional studies. All included studies were critically appraised by two authors.<bold>Results: </bold>Thirty-five studies, including 23 observational and 12 intervention studies, were reviewed. Findings from observational studies suggest a possible inverted U-shaped association between napping duration and cognitive function: short and moderate duration of naps benefited cognitive health in older adult compared with both non-napping and long or extended naps napping. Findings from intervention studies suggest one session of afternoon napping might improve psychomotor function and working memory, although with some inconsistency. The effect of multiple nap sessions on cognition were inconclusive due to a limited number of studies.<bold>Conclusions: </bold>More rigorous research studies are needed to investigate what causes different patterns of daytime napping, the associations between these distinct patterns and cognitive function, and to determine whether interventions targeting napping patterns can improve cognition in older adults. In addition, future research needs to comprehensively assess daytime napping using a combination of measures such as sleep diary and actigraphy.
- Subjects
NAPS (Sleep); OLDER people; SOMNOLOGY; COGNITIVE ability; SLEEP interruptions
- Publication
Journals of Gerontology Series A: Biological Sciences & Medical Sciences, 2023, Vol 78, Issue 10, p1853
- ISSN
1079-5006
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1093/gerona/glac239