99 Insomnia Symptoms and Cardiorespiratory Fitness—Strand et al INTRODUCTION Insomnia is a self-reported condition that includes difficulty falling asleep or remaining asleep.1,2 Insomnia is common in patients with cardiovascular disease and a growing body of evidence suggests that insomnia is associated with an increased risk of coronary heart disease,3-5 but the underlying mechanisms for this...

CHRONIC INSOMNIA IS THE MOST PREVALENT SLEEP DISORDER, AFFECTING AN ESTIMATED 10%-16% OF THE ADULT POPULATION, WITH AN ADDITIONAL 25% TO 35% having transient or occasional insomnia.1-3 Primary insomnia is estimated to have a prevalence of 1% to 2% in the general population, but accounts for as much as 25% of all chronic insomnia cases seen in clinical contexts.4 Insomnia generally does not reso...

Background. Insomnia is a form of chronic sleep problem of public health importance which impacts the life of elderly people negatively. Methods. Cross-sectional study of 843 elderly patients aged 60 years and above who presented consecutively at Geriatric Centre, University College Hospital, Ibadan, Nigeria. The World Health Organization Composite International Diagnostic Interview was used to...

Background Shift-workers commonly suffer from insomnia. This study evaluates different domains of insomnia. Aim This study was aimed to study sleep and insomnia in rotating shift-workers and compare with day-workers. Materials and Methods This was case-control study. The sleep of rotating shift-workers is compared with day workers using Athens Insomnia Scale. Results Rotating shift-worker...

Few epidemiological studies have examined the potential protective effects of physical activity on insomnia. The authors thus evaluated the association between physical activity and insomnia in a large population-based study in Shizuoka, Japan. Individual data were obtained from participants in an ongoing cohort study. A total of 14,001 older residents who completed questionnaires were followed...

Insomnia is among the most prevalent health complaints, with approximately 10 to 15% of the general population suffering regularly from it and about 25 to 35% presenting transient or occasional insomnia (Ancoli-Israel & Roth, 1999; Ohayon, 2002; Morin et al., 2006; Doghramji, 2006; LeBlanc et al., 2009). However, many questions remain unanswered with regard to our understanding of insomnia and ...

INTRODUCTION A growing empirical literature has examined insomnia symptoms as a possible risk factor for a range of suicidal behavior. Not much literature is available in normal adolescent population. AIMS The aim is to find insomnia prevalence, studying various dream factors, and suicidality prevalence among students of various courses. To check if there is a relation between insomnia and su...

OBJECTIVE Insomnia can be broadly defined as difficulty initiating or maintaining sleep, or sleep that is not refreshing or of poor quality with negative effect on daytime function. Insomnia can be a primary condition or comorbid to an underlying disorder. Subjective measures of insomnia used in population studies, usually based on complaints of unsatisfactory sleep, put the prevalence at about...

STUDY OBJECTIVES This study used empirically validated insomnia diagnostic criteria to compare depression and anxiety in people with insomnia and people not having insomnia. We also explored which specific sleep variables were significantly related to depression and anxiety. Finally, we compared depression and anxiety in (1) different insomnia types, (2) Caucasians and African Americans, and (3...

BACKGROUND Insomnia is highly prevalent among people with chronic pain conditions. Because insomnia has been shown to worsen pain, mood, and physical functioning, it could negatively impact the clinical outcomes of patients with chronic pain. OBJECTIVE To determine the risk factors associated with clinical insomnia in chronic neck pain (CNP) patients. STUDY DESIGN Retrospective analysis. ...