The Association between Sleep Problems, Sleep Medication Use, and Falls in Community-Dwelling Older Adults: Results from the Health and Retirement Study 2010

Table 5

Association between sleep problems, sleep medication use, and recurrent falls in community-dwelling older adults in the US, 2010.

Variables	Single fallers	Recurrent fallers
	Adjusted OR (95% CI)	Adjusted OR (95% CI)
Sleep problems
Yes	0.97 (0.83–1.12)	1.26 (1.12–1.42)
No	Ref.	Ref.
Sleep medication use
Yes	1.05 (0.89–1.23)	1.21 (1.04–1.42)
No	Ref.	Ref.
Sleep problems + sleep medication use
No sleep problem + no sleep med use	Ref.	Ref.
No sleep problem + sleep med use	1.24 (0.99–1.55)	1.25 (1.00–1.58)
Sleep problem + no sleep med use	1.03 (0.86–1.23)	1.27 (1.10–1.47)
Sleep problem + sleep med use	0.93 (0.75–1.16)	1.40 (1.17–1.68)

Data source: 2010 HRS dataset (RAND HRS data file and 2010 HRS core physical health file).
value < 0.05, < 0.01.
Ref. = reference.
No sleep problem + no sleep med use = participants who reported no sleep problems and no use of sleep medications.
No sleep problem + sleep med use = participants who reported no sleep problems but use of sleep medications.
Sleep problem + no sleep med use = participants who reported sleep problems and no use of sleep medications.
Sleep problem + sleep med use = participants who reported sleep problems and use of sleep medications.
Full model: adjusted for age, gender, education, marital status, race, self-reported health, alcohol, number of comorbidities, limitations in IADL, limitations in ADL, limitations in mobility, self-rated eyesight, and incontinence.