Bed Rest, Sleep, and Symptoms

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Article1 July 1964Bed Rest, Sleep, and SymptomsStudy of Older PersonsPHILIP M. TILLER JR., M.D.PHILIP M. TILLER JR., M.D.Author, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-61-1-98 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptIt is commonly stated that people sleep less as they grow older and that they sleep less because they need less sleep. This is apparently confirmed by many elderly persons who report sleeping well, but considerably fewer than 8 hours a night, and who assert that they do not need as much sleep as when they were younger. This belief is also found in medical literature, illustrated by the statment by Best and Taylor (1) that the sleep requirements of infants is 14 to 20 hours; of growing children, 12 to 14 hours; of adults, 7 to 9 hours; and...References1. BESTTAYLOR CHNB: The Physiological Basis of Medical Practice, 7th ed., Williams and Wilkins, Baltimore, 1961, p. 1270. Google Scholar2. LAIRD DA: A survey of the sleep habits of 509 men of distinction. Amer. Med. 26: 271, 1931. Google Scholar3. KLEITMAN N: Sleep and Wakefulness, revised edition, University of Chicago Press, Chicago, 1963, p. 121. Google Scholar4. BARRYBOUSFIELD JWA: A quantitative determination of euphoria and its relation to sleep. J. Abnorm. Soc. Psychol. 29: 385, 1935. CrossrefGoogle Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: New Orleans, LouisianaFrom the Department of Internal Medicine, Louisiana State University, School of Medicine and the Touro Infirmary, New Orleans, Louisiana.Requests for reprints should be addressed to Philip M. Tiller, Jr., M.D., 3600 Prytania Street, New Orleans, Louisiana 70115. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited BySleep in Advanced Age: A Comparison of Mexican American and Anglo American ElderlySleep in hospitalCross-Cultural Aspects of Sleep in the ElderlyThe measurement and characteristics of sleep in older personsv of sleep in older persons"White Paper" on Sleep and AgingReported Sleep: Needed minus Obtained Sleep, Family Resemblance, and AgeSleep, Biological Rhythms and AgingRelaxation Therapies and Neurosis: A Central Fatigue InterpretationAn Observational Study of Sleep of the AgedSleep disorder and symptomatology among medical and nursing studentsSLEEP PATTERNS AND PSYCHOPATHOLOGYIntracranial Hypertension and SteroidsAge and Sleep 1 July 1964Volume 61, Issue 1Page: 98-105KeywordsChildrenElderlyInfantsInsomniaSleep Issue Published: 1 July 1964 PDF DownloadLoading ...