Validating the CogSleep Screener in older adults at a memory and cognition clinic
Shawn Dexiao Kong, Zoe M Schrire, Pinghsiu Lin, Simone Simonetti, Nathan Cross, Loren Mowszowski, Sharon L Naismith, Healthy Brain Ageing Research Clinic · 2025
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Description
Sleep problems in older adults often go unscreened at memory clinics because full checks take too long. Shawn Dexiao Kong and co-authors validated a ten-question screener for that setting in a 2025 study. Four hundred two older adults at a memory and cognition clinic took part. Each person had full medical, thinking, and mental health checks plus standard sleep surveys. The new tool, CogSleep, was tested against those standards.
Three themes emerged from the ten questions: poor sleep onset, dream-enactment signs, and daytime sleepiness. Each theme tracked well with the matching standard surveys. The tool also held together as one scale with good consistency. The authors back it as a fast first pass for clinics. A short tool could bring sleep into routine memory care.
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| CREATOR | Shawn Dexiao Kong, Zoe M Schrire, Pinghsiu Lin, Simone Simonetti, Nathan Cross, Loren Mowszowski, Sharon L Naismith, Healthy Brain Ageing Research Clinic |
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| YEAR | 2025 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 2 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |