Sleepiness and the Risk of Falling
Completed · Not applicable
Conditions studied: Aging, Balance, Sleep
In brief
The purpose of this project is to examine the impact of sleeping pills and waking up in the middle of the night on walking balance and cognitive function, to identify risk factors for falls in older adults. A significant percentage of falls, approximately 33 to 52 percent, occur during the nighttime and morning hours when people are normally sleeping; therefore, it is possible that sleep and sleeping medication related impairments in balance may contribute to this risk.
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT00383357
- Run by
- National Institute on Aging (NIA)
- People needed
- 24
- Starts
- 2004-08-01
- Last updated by the study team
- 2007-09-20
Who can join
Age: 18 and older, up to 85. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.
You may qualify if…
- Males and females
- Aged 18 to 35, or 60 to 85
- Lived at Denver altitude or higher for at least one year
- Stable treated diseases: thyroid dysfunction (including hypothyroidism and hyperthyroidism), hypertension, hypercholesterolemia, urinary incontinence, prostate enlargement, gastroesophageal reflux disease, irritable bowel syndrome
You may not qualify if…
- Aged 36 to 59, under 18, or over 85
- BMI less than 18.6 or greater than 30 kg/m2, women below 95 pounds regardless of BMI
- Sleep duration is less than 5 or more than 9 hours
- Sensitivity to sleeping medications
- Night work in the preceding 6 months
- Transmeridian travel (across more than 2 time zones) in the last 1 month
- Bone mineral density DXA T-score of less than -1.75
- Orthostatic intolerance
- Prior history of falls in past year
- Prior history of injurious fall in past 5 years
- Hip fracture following a fall
- Difficulty rising from a sitting position without use of hands to push off
- Needing to walk slowly or with a wide base of support to maintain balance
- Hormone replacement therapy for less than 3 months
- Connective Tissue and Joint Disorders
- Neurologic Disorders
- Musculoskeletal Disorders
- Immune Disorders
- Sleep Disorders
- Chronobiologic Disorders
- Cardiovascular Disorders
- Respiratory Disorders
- Kidney and Urinary Tract Disorders
- Infectious Diseases
- Gastrointestinal Disorders
Where it is running
- University of Colorado at Boulder — Boulder, Colorado, United States
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