Abstract
There's an increased prevalence of chronic co-morbidities among older adults. Symptoms, such as pain, associated with these medical illnesses may interfere with daily functioning, mood, sleep patterns. This is of particular concern for older minority populations, as they are more likely to be diagnosed at a younger age with a chronic medical condition and are more incapacitated from similar diseases compared to their White counterparts. This study was designed to determine the unique variance of identified demographic characteristics (age, gender, education), psychosocial (depression, life satisfaction, and social support), and clinical (pain intensity, co-morbidities, pain locations) variables in accounting for individual differences in sleep patterns among elderly community-dwelling African Americans (N = 247; mean ± sd, 69.8 ± 9.12).
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