Cheng-Yu Tsai, Wen-Hua Hsu, Yin-Tzu Lin, Yi-Shin Liu, Kang Lo, Shang-Yang Lin, Arnab Majumdar, Wun-Hao Cheng, Kang-Yun Lee, Dean Wu, Hsin-Chien Lee, Shin-Mei Hsu, Shu-Chuan Ho, Feng-Ching Lin, Wen-Te Liu, Yi-Chun Kuan
STUDY OBJECTIVES: Dementia is associated with sleep disorders. However, the relationship between dementia and sleep arousal remains unclear. This study explored the associations among sleep parameters, arousal responses, and risk of mild cognitive impairment (MCI). METHODS: Participants with the chief complaints of memory problems and sleep disorders were screened from the sleep center database of Taipei Medical University Shuang-Ho Hospital, and the parameters related to the Cognitive Abilities Screening Instrument (CASI), Clinical Dementia Rating (CDR), and polysomnography (PSG) were determined...
November 16, 2021: Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine: JCSM: Official Publication of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine