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Article: Assessing Insomnia in Epidemiological Studies: What Do We Need?
- Article from:
- Sleep and Hypnosis
- Article date:
- January 1, 2008
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CopyrightCopyright Kure Iletism Grubu A.S. 2008. Provided by ProQuest LLC. (Hide copyright information)
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Insomnia is widely recognized to be the most common form of sleep complaint in the general population. This is true across the adult age range, and in every country and region in which sleep problems have been assessed (1). In recent years, there has been increasing focus on defining insomnia not just as a complaint, but as a specific disorder characterized by sleep symptoms that occur with a certain frequency, severity, duration; adequate opportunity for sleep; and (most importantly) interference with daytime function. This broad view of insomnia as a clinical disorder is the one endorsed by the US National Institutes of Health State of the Science Conference, "Manifestations and ...