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The future of behavioral sleep medicine: a report on the presentations given at the Ponte Vedra Behavioral Sleep Medicine Consensus Conference, March 27-29, 2009Christina S McCrae
Department of Clinical and Health Psychology, University of Florida, 101 S Newell Drive, Gainesville, FL 32610 0165, USA
Behav Sleep Med 8:74-89. 2010....
Self-reported sleep, demographics, health, and daytime functioning in young old and old old community-dwelling seniorsChristina S McCrae
Department of Clinical and Health Psychology, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32610 0165, USA
Behav Sleep Med 6:106-26. 2008..Because the importance of specific measures varied by group and sleep variable, research exploring the differential utility of specific measures for young old versus old old appears warranted...
Sleep hygiene practices in two community dwelling samples of older adultsChristina S McCrae
Department of Clinical and Health Psychology, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32610 0165, USA
Sleep 29:1551-60. 2006....
Subjective and objective napping and sleep in older adults: are evening naps "bad" for nighttime sleep?Natalie D Dautovich
Department of Psychology, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32610, USA
J Am Geriatr Soc 56:1681-6. 2008..To compare objective and subjective measurements of napping and to examine the relationship between evening napping and nocturnal sleep in older adults...
Daily variations in objective nighttime sleep and subjective morning pain in older adults with insomnia: evidence of covariation over timeJoseph M Dzierzewski
Department of Clinical and Health Psychology, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32610, USA
J Am Geriatr Soc 58:925-30. 2010....
Day-to-day variability in nap duration predicts medical morbidity in older adultsNatalie D Dautovich
Department of Psychology, University of Florida, USA
Health Psychol 31:671-6. 2012..For highly variable behaviors such as sleep, it is important to consider fluctuations within the person instead of solely comparing averages of behaviors across persons...
Sleep complaints, subjective and objective sleep patterns, health, psychological adjustment, and daytime functioning in community-dwelling older adultsChristina S McCrae
Center for Gerontological Studies and Department of Psychology, University of Florida, McCarty C, Room 502, PO Box 115911, Gainesville, Florida 32611 5911, USA
J Gerontol B Psychol Sci Soc Sci 60:P182-9. 2005..interventions focusing on older individuals with insomnia secondary to/comorbid with poor health; 3. gender differences in subjective sleep estimates and in "single-shot" versus longitudinal sleep measures...
Sleep and affect in older adults: using multilevel modeling to examine daily associationsChristina S McCrae
Department of Clinical and Health Psychology, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32610 0165, USA
J Sleep Res 17:42-53. 2008..Finally, our results suggest exploration of affect as a potential intervention target in late-life insomnia is warranted...
Eszopiclone for late-life insomniaChristina S McCrae
Department of Clinical and Health Psychology, University of Florida, PO Box 1001 65, Gainesville, FL 32610 0165, USA
Clin Interv Aging 2:313-26. 2007..Specific topics covered include pharmacology, pharmacodynamics, pharmacokinetics, clinical trial data, adverse events, drug interactions, tolerance/dependence, and economics/cost considerations for older adults...
Sleep in dementia caregivers and the effect of a nighttime monitoring systemMeredeth A Rowe
College of Nursing, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA
J Nurs Scholarsh 42:338-47. 2010..The purpose of this study was to determine if a nighttime home monitoring system, designed to track the movements of a care recipient with dementia, would relieve worry and improve sleep in caregivers of persons with dementia...
Negative mood mediates the effect of poor sleep on pain among chronic pain patientsErin M O'brien
Department of Clinical and Health Psychology, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA
Clin J Pain 26:310-9. 2010..It was hypothesized that negative mood would mediate the relationship between sleep and pain...
Sleep pattern differences between older adult dementia caregivers and older adult noncaregivers using objective and subjective measuresMeredeth A Rowe
University of Florida, College of Nursing, PO Box 100187, Gainesville, FL 32610 0187, USA
J Clin Sleep Med 4:362-9. 2008..The purpose of this study was to describe the sleep patterns in a subset of dementia caregivers who provide care during the night, and compare those patterns to noncaregiving adults...
Research Evaluating Brief Behavioral Sleep Treatments for Rural Elderly (RESTORE): a preliminary examination of effectivenessChristina S McCrae
Department of Clinica and Health Psychology, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32610 0165, USA
Am J Geriatr Psychiatry 15:979-82. 2007..To test the effectiveness of brief behavioral intervention for insomnia in rural elderly...
Predictors of clinical pain in fibromyalgia: examining the role of sleepRyan J Anderson
Department of Clinical and Health Psychology, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32610 0165, USA
J Pain 13:350-8. 2012..Fibromyalgia patients may benefit from a 3-pronged approach to pain management: reducing pain's spatial extent, normalization of central nervous system hypersensitivity, and psychobehavioral therapies for negative mood...
Late-life comorbid insomnia: diagnosis and treatmentChristina S McCrae
Department of Clinical and Health Psychology, University of Florida, PO Box 100165 HSC, 101 S Newell Dr, Gainesville, FL 32610 0165, USA
Am J Manag Care 15:S14-23. 2009..Thus, the use of nonpharmacologic treatments, such as cognitive behavior therapy and relaxation techniques, is recommended before any medical approaches...
'Young old' and 'old old' poor sleepers with and without insomnia complaintsChristina S McCrae
Institute on Aging, University of Florida, McCurty C, Room 502, Gainesville, FL 32611 5911, USA
J Psychosom Res 54:11-9. 2003....
