Background Chronic insomnia is a highly prevalent disorder, with ten to thirty percent of Australian adults reporting chronic difficulties falling asleep and/or staying asleep such that it causes significant daytime impairment. Current Australian general
Jenny Haycock+14 more
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How are normal sleeping controls selected? A systematic review of cross-sectional insomnia studies, and a standardised method to select healthy controls for sleep research [PDF]
There appears to be some inconsistency in how normal sleepers (controls) are selected and screened for participation in research studies for comparison with insomnia patients.
Louise Beattie+59 more
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Background Insomnia is a common prevalent sleep disorder. Difficulty maintaining sleep or poor in quality in insomnia caused by disrupted or misaligned circadian rhythms may play an important role in the development of atherosclerosis.
Lihua Wang+3 more
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The Sleep Or Mood Novel Adjunctive therapy (SOMNA) trial: a study protocol for a randomised controlled trial evaluating an internet-delivered cognitive behavioural therapy program for insomnia on outcomes of standard treatment for depression in men [PDF]
BACKGROUND: Insomnia is a significant risk factor for depression onset, can result in more disabling depressive illness, and is a common residual symptom following treatment cessation that can increase the risk of relapse.
Christensen, Helen M.+7 more
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Insomnia in primary care settings: Still overlooked and undertreated?
Background: Insomnia is a major medical problem that is often associated with low health status and increased health-care utilization. Therefore, we conducted this study to determine the frequency of insomnia in a population presenting to the primary ...
Aljohara S Almeneessier+5 more
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Executive functions in insomnia disorder: a systematic review and exploratory meta-analysis [PDF]
Background: Executive functions (EFs) are involved in the control of basic psychological processes such as attention and memory and also contribute to emotion regulation.
Aquino, Maria Raisa Jessica V.+4 more
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Insomnia is a potential cause of anxiety, depression, and anomalies of experience; separate research has shown that anxiety, depression and anomalies of experience are predictors of paranoia. Thus insomnia may contribute to the formation and maintenance of persecutory ideation.
Freeman, D+3 more
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Correlations of Cognitive Function with Insomnia Severity, Serum Levels of 25-hydroxy Vitamin D3 and Tumor Necrosis Factor-α in Elderly Patients with Chronic Insomnia [PDF]
Background As one of the most common diseases in the elderly, chronic insomnia is often accompanied by cognitive impairment and seriously affects the quality of life of the elderly.
WU Zixing, HU Xin, TAO Shimeng, HE Youjun, CAI Chuanyun, JIANG Wei
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Insomnia Mental Health Issues Pandemic Covid-19
Insomnia is one of the major sleep disorders that faced by people which lead to mental health issues. Inability to get enough amount of sleep that can causing difficulty to function during the daytime.
Samsiah Jayos+2 more
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Medicalisation, pharmaceuticalisation or both? Exploring the medical management of sleeplessness as insomnia [PDF]
In this paper we examine the medical management of sleeplessness as ‘insomnia’, through the eyes of general practitioners (GPs) and sleep experts in Britain. Three key themes were evident in the data.
Coveney, Catherine+2 more
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