https://nova.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Index en-au 5 https://nova.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Repository/uon:34696 Wed 17 Nov 2021 16:30:20 AEDT ]]> https://nova.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Repository/uon:26188 Wed 11 Apr 2018 16:10:18 AEST ]]> https://nova.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Repository/uon:49272 50 years old) at follow-up. Data were drawn from the first and second waves of the World Health Organization's Study on global AGEing and adult health. Self-report data captured sleep duration over two nights, and five cognitive tests (immediate and delayed verbal recall, forward and backward digit span, and verbal fluency) were used to measure various cognitive domains and create a composite z-score of cognitive performance. Linear regressions were performed to assess associations between sleep length changes and cognitive decline, controlling for relevant lifestyle and health factors. Increased sleep durations at follow-up among individuals who reported intermediate sleep durations (6-9 h/night) at baseline were significantly associated with greater rates of decline in overall cognitive function. Longer sleepers also trended toward greater rates of decline for attention/working memory and executive function. This study suggests that long sleep durations are a risk factor for certain types of impaired cognition among older adults living in a middle-income country. These findings are clinically important given the growing rates of dementia and aging populations globally.]]> Wed 10 May 2023 12:10:15 AEST ]]> https://nova.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Repository/uon:48110 Tue 28 Feb 2023 15:58:44 AEDT ]]> https://nova.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Repository/uon:36055 Thu 13 Jan 2022 10:32:01 AEDT ]]> https://nova.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Repository/uon:38012 Fri 23 Jul 2021 15:12:53 AEST ]]>