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Home > QR-E-Letter Archive > 8-4-2005
Issue No. 12 August 4, 2005
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QUICK REFERENCE #20: How is chronic insomnia defined?
“Insomnia has historically been defined by complaints of disturbed sleep in the presence of adequate opportunity and circumstance for sleep. The disturbance may consist of one or more of three features: (1) difficulty in initiating sleep; (2) difficulty in maintaining sleep; or (3) waking up too early. A fourth characteristic, nonrestorative or poor-quality sleep, has frequently been included in the definition, although there is controversy as to whether individuals with this complaint share similar pathophysiologic mechanisms with the others.”
”To distinguish chronic from acute insomnia, which may occur in anyone at one time or another, varied definitions for chronic insomnia have been utilized from study to study, with minimum durations ranging from 30 days to as long as 6 months.”
SOURCE: National Institutes of Health (NIH) State-Of-The-Science Conference Statement: Manifestations and Management of Chronic Insomnia in Adults (Draft Statement, June 13–15, 2005). [http://consensus.nih.gov/ta/026/InsomniaDraftStatement061505.pdf]
QUICK REFERENCE #21: What is the prevalence of chronic insomnia?
“Although chronic insomnia is considered to be common, studies on its actual prevalence have yielded variable estimates (ie, the proportion of persons who have the disorder at a given point in time). Conclusive evidence from epidemiologic studies has been limited by their different definitions of chronic insomnia and by the lack of standardized diagnostic and screening methods. Population-based studies suggest that about 30 percent of the general population has complaints of sleep disruption, while approximately 10 percent has associated symptoms of daytime functional impairment consistent with the diagnosis of insomnia. Not surprisingly, prevalence appears to be greater in clinical practices, where about one-half of respondents report symptoms of sleep disruption.”
SOURCE: National Institutes of Health (NIH) State-Of-The-Science Conference Statement: Manifestations and Management of Chronic Insomnia in Adults (Draft Statement, June 13–15, 2005). [http://consensus.nih.gov/ta/026/InsomniaDraftStatement061505.pdf]
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