Sleep Difficulties and Cognition for 10 Years in a National Sample of U.S. Older Adults

Sleep difficulties are common among older adults and are associated with cognitive decline. We used data from a large, nationally representative longitudinal survey of adults aged older than 50 in the United States to examine the relationship between specific sleep difficulties and cognitive function over time.Longitudinal data from the 2004-2014 waves of the Health and Retirement Study were used in the current study. We examined sleep...