Table 1.

Prevalence rates of sleep disturbances in persons with dementia and their family caregivers

Caregivers
McCurry & Teri, 1995 (2)	68%
Pruchno & Potashnik, 1989 (3)	22 – 41% (men), 53 – 67% (women)
Wilcox & King, 1999 (4)	67% (women only)
Persons with dementia
Carpenter, et al., 1995 (99)	40%
Craig, et al., 2005 (100)	42 – 54%
Lyketsos, et al., 2002 (101)	20 – 27%
McCurry, et al., 1999 (26)	35%
Moran, et al., 2005 (27)	25%
Pang, et al., 2002 (102)	35 – 54%
Rabins, 1999 (103)	33%
Ritchie, 1996 (104)	19 – 44%
Thommessen, et al., 2002 (105)	25%