UNLABELLED BACKGROUND Insomnia is a common public health problem and the prevalence and impact of insomnia in primary care attendees is not well documented in the Asian population. OBJECTIVES To determine the prevalence of self-reported insomnia symptoms amongst adult primary care attendees and the association with socio-demographic factors; to ascertain the impact of insomnia on daily fun...

BACKGROUND Back pain is among the most prevalent pain disorders causing chronic disability among adults, and insomnia is a common co-morbidity. However, whether insomnia precedes back pain or vice versa remains unclear. The current study tested the temporal association between insomnia and back pain. METHODS A longitudinal design was used to investigate whether changes in insomnia over time p...

WASHINGTON – Proposed DSM-5 criteria for sleep-wake disorders include dropping the DSM-IV’s “primary insomnia” diagnosis in favor of “insomnia disorder,” and decreasing use of the term “not otherwise specified.” The changes reflect a move away from the need to make casual attribution between coexisting disorders and also the overall DSM-5 shift toward more data-driven diagnostic criteria, said ...

Children with cerebral palsy are considered a population at risk for sleep disturbance. Various factors can cause disorders in children palsy. This study investigates the relationship between endogenous and It was cross-sectional analytical using randomized sampling on who met inclusion criteria period of May–August 2017. The location special schools Bandung area, Indonesia. All participants we...

Insomnia is a mental condition that has a profound and well-documented effect on overall health and quality of life (QOL) in the general population (Figure). In a study of a community-dwelling population, insomnia was shown to be associated with depression and dementia.3,4 Insomnia can also lead to an unhealthy lifestyle and an abnormal autonomic nervous system and neuroendocrine system,5 and t...

BACKGROUND Studies in the last 15 years have shown a high prevalence of sleep disorders in maintenance haemodialysis (HD) patients. METHODS To investigate whether the new technical and therapeutic advances of the last decade have had a positive impact on sleep disturbances in HD patients: 694 patients (384 males, 310 females) were surveyed using a specific questionnaire; their clinical, lifes...

BACKGROUND Insomnia is a common sleep disorder, characterized by difficulties in sleep initiation, sleep maintenance or early morning awakening. Although polysomnography (PSG) is a standard method in the evaluation of sleep disorders, it is not recommended for routine use in the clinical assessment of insomnia. Instead, standard questionnaires could be used in the primary evaluation of insomnia...

BACKGROUND Sleep plays a pivotal role in normal biological functions. Sleep loss results in higher stress vulnerability and is often found in mental disorders. There is evidence that brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) could be a central player in this relationship. Recently, we could demonstrate that subjects suffering from current symptoms of insomnia exhibited significantly decreased se...

BACKGROUND Chronic insomnia is associated with consequential experience that may affect quality of life. Understanding such experience can be helpful in planning effective interventions for patients with chronic insomnia. OBJECTIVE The study aimed to describe and illuminate the experience of living with chronic insomnia. METHOD The study was conducted using a descriptive phenomenology appro...

1739 INSOMNIA IS A COMMON COMPLAINT IN THE GENERAL POPULATION.1 THE DIAGNOSIS OF INSOMNIA INVOLVES BOTH SLEEP SYMPTOMS, SUCH AS DIFFICULTY INITIATING or maintaining sleep, and daytime symptoms, including fatigue, mood disturbance, and cognitive impairment. Insomnia may represent a transient problem triggered by specific life events, or, in contrast, it may also follow a chronic course due to th...