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U-shaped association between sleep duration and subjective cognitive complaints in Chinese elderly: a cross-sectional study

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BMC PSYCHIATRY
Volume 22, Issue 1, Pages -

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BMC
DOI: 10.1186/s12888-022-03738-0

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U-shaped association; Sleep duration; Subjective cognitive decline; Subjective cognitive complaints; Generalized additive model

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  1. National Natural Science Foundation of China [81803302]
  2. National Social Science Foundation of China [19ZDA360]
  3. Guangzhou Science and Technology Plan Project [202002030484]

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A U-shaped association was found between sleep duration and subjective cognitive complaints (SCCs) in Chinese elderly, with the least association observed at 8 hours of sleep. Both longer and shorter sleep durations than 8 hours were linked to worse SCCs.
Background Subjective cognitive decline (SCD) may be the early screening signal to distinguish susceptible population with Alzheimer's disease (AD) and mild cognitive impairment (MCI). Subjective cognitive complaints (SCCs) have been proved strongly associated with SCD. This study aimed to explore the association between sleep duration and SCCs in the Chinese elderly. Methods We conducted a cross-sectional study involving 688 participants aged 60 years and older in Guangdong Province, China. SCCs were assessed by the Subjective Cognitive Decline questionnaire 9 (SCD-Q9), which contained 9 items with two dimensions, including the overall memory function and time comparison (OMTC) and daily activity ability (DAA). Restricted cubic splines and generalized additive model (GAM) were used to fit the association between sleep duration and SCD-Q9 score. Results There were significant U-shaped associations between sleep duration and overall score of SCD-Q9 (EDF = 3.842, P < 0.001), as well as the OMTC dimension (EDF = 4.471, P < 0.001) in the age- and gender-adjusted GAM. The lowest points on the overall score of SCD-Q9 and OMTC score were observed in those sleeping 8 h per night. After further adjusting for other demographic characteristics, lifestyle behaviors, hypertension and diabetes, the U-shaped associations between sleep duration and the overall score of SCD-Q9 (EDF = 3.575, P = 0.004), sleep duration and the OMTC score (EDF = 4.478, P = 0.010) were still found. The daily activity ability (DAA) score was also non-linear associated with sleep duration both in the age- and gender-adjusted GAM (EDF = 2.314, P < 0.001) and further adjusted GAM (EDF = 2.080, P = 0.010). Conclusions Both longer sleep duration (> 8 h) and shorter duration (< 8 h) were linked to worse SCCs. Future studies should explore the protective effect of managing sleep duration on SCD and its progression to dementia.

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