Prevalence of sleep disturbance and hypnotic medication use in relation to sociodemographic factors in the general japanese adult population

Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 79-86

  Doi, Yuriko ^a   Minowa, Masumi ^a,b   Okawa, Masako ^a   Uchiyama, Makoto ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Hypnotic medication use; Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI); Prevalence; Sleep disturbance; Sociodemographic factor

Indexed keywords

HYPNOTIC SEDATIVE AGENT;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DIVORCE; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INSOMNIA; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARASOMNIA; PREVALENCE; RISK; SEX DIFFERENCE; SLEEP DISORDER; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UNEMPLOYMENT; WIDOW;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DIVORCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPNOTICS AND SEDATIVES; JAPAN; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PARASOMNIAS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; SEX FACTORS; SINGLE PERSON; SLEEP DISORDERS; SLEEP INITIATION AND MAINTENANCE DISORDERS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNEMPLOYMENT; WIDOWHOOD;

EID: 0034150263     PISSN: 09175040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2188/jea.10.79     Document Type: Article

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