Alzheimer Disease

Research on Alzheimer disease reported by scientists at University of Washington

Published in Pain and Central Nervous System Week, June 16th, 2008

In this recent report published in the journal Sleep, researchers in the United States conducted a study "To describe the day-to-day variation in sleep characteristics and the concordance between nighttime sleep of persons with Alzheimer's disease (AD) and their family caregivers. N = 44 community-dwelling older adults with probable or possible AD and their co-residing family caregivers."

"Participants wore an Actillume (Ambulatory Monitoring, Inc) for one week and completed an assessment battery to evaluate patient and caregiver mood, physical function, medication use, caregiver behavior management style, and patient cognitive status. Actigraphically derived...

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