This study was conducted by the National Ageing Research Institute (NARI) and the Institute for Breathing and Sleep (IBAS). The aim of the study was to undertake a preliminary investigation of whether specific sleep difficulties were associated with history of falls and risk of falling in older people. 

It examined that falls and associated falls injuries can result in numerous other problems for older people, such as physical and functional decline, residential care admission, fear of falling and depression. The paper assessed whether the problem of sleep difficulties in older people is a risk factor for falls.