STUDY OBJECTIVES To determine prevalence and heritability of insomnia during middle/late childhood and adolescence; examine longitudinal associations in insomnia over time; and assess the extent to which genetic and environmental factors on insomnia remain stable, or whether new factors come into play, across this developmental period. DESIGN Longitudinal twin study. SETTING Academic medica...

Purpose: Insomnia is one of the most prevalent symptoms experienced by cancer patients. The goal of this study was to investigate the severity of insomnia and the risk factors of insomnia in cancer patients who referred to specialized psychooncology clinic. Method: A total of 167 cancer patients who referred to psychooncology clinic in Ajou University Hospital was investigated. Insomnia was me...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE The studies assessing the impact of insomnia on stroke are still lacking. We aim to investigate insomnia in relation to subsequent stroke during the 4-year follow-up. METHODS Data from the Taiwan National Health Insurance Research Database were used. Enrollees with International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision, Clinical Modification diagnosis code for insomni...

STUDY OBJECTIVES While many studies have examined the association between insomnia and depression, no studies have evaluated these associations (1) within a narrow time frame, (2) with specific reference to acute and chronic insomnia, and (3) using polysomnography. In the present study, the association between insomnia and first-onset depression was evaluated taking into account these considera...

Purpose: Insomnia is one of the most prevalent symptoms experienced by cancer patients. The goal of this study was to investigate the severity of insomnia and the risk factors of insomnia in cancer patients who referred to specialized psychooncology clinic. Method: A total of 167 cancer patients who referred to psychooncology clinic in Ajou University Hospital was investigated. Insomnia was me...

Insomnia is not just a common symptom of various psychiatric or physical disorders, but is itself categorized as a primary psychiatric disorder. Aside from the manifestations of difficulty initiating sleep, fragmented sleep, early-morning wakenings, and overall poor sleep efficiency, the subjective feeling of inadequate or non-restorative sleep the next morning, as well as psychosocial distress...

STUDY OBJECTIVES Middle-of-the-night (MOTN) awakenings with difficulty returning to sleep are among the most common symptoms of insomnia. Despite the epidemiological studies that have been conducted, there is a lack of data on the impact of MOTN awakenings on health status and socioeconomic indicators in comparison with other insomnia symptoms. METHODS Data were analyzed from the 2011 US Nati...

Insomnia is rife. Acutely, almost every individual has experienced a poor night's sleep, and many short-term remedies for insomnia are tried, including over-the-counter sleep aids and alcohol. Chronic insomnia is the most common sleep disorder, affecting nearly 40 million Americans and accounting for nearly one-third of adults. The annual cost associated with this disorder in the US is estimate...

Management of insomnia rose significantly by age, from 0.2% of encounters with patients aged <25 years to 2.7% with patients aged 75 years and over. Insomnia was significantly more likely to be managed for female patients (1.4%) than for males (1.1%). Female patients were therefore significantly over represented at insomnia encounters (66.0%) compared with total BEACH encounters (57.1%), as wer...

Insomnia is common and can have serious consequences, such as increased risk of depression and hypertension. Acute and chronic insomnia require different management approaches. >Chronic insomnia is unlikely to spontaneously remit, and over time will be characterised by cycles of relapse and remission or persistent symptoms. Chronic insomnia is best managed using non-drug strategies such as cogn...