The experience of insomnia among older women

Sleep

Volumn 28, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 972-979

  Byles, Julie E ^a   Mishra, Gita D ^b   Harris, Margaret A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Ageing; Behaviours; Medications; Sleep disturbance; Symptoms; Women

Indexed keywords

HERBACEOUS AGENT; HYPNOTIC SEDATIVE AGENT; NITRAZEPAM; OXAZEPAM; TEMAZEPAM;

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; AUSTRALIA; COMORBIDITY; CONSULTATION; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DUKE SOCIAL SUPPORT INDEX; EPWORTH SLEEPINESS SCALE; FEMALE; GERIATRIC DEPRESSION SCALE; HUMAN; INSOMNIA; LIFE EVENT; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NOTTINGHAM HEALTH PROFILE SLEEP SUBSCALE; PITTSBURG SLEEP QUALITY INDEX; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SCORING SYSTEM; SLEEP DISORDER; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

EID: 23844540298     PISSN: 01618105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/sleep/28.8.972     Document Type: Article

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