Prevalence of insomnia symptoms: Results from an urban district in Ankara, Turkey

International Journal of Psychiatry in Clinical Practice

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 52-58

  Aslan, Selcuk ^a   Gulcat, Zeynep ^b   Albayrak, F Selda ^a   Maral, Isil ^a   Yetkin, Sinan ^b   Sutcigil, Levent ^b   Aycan, Sefer ^a   Isik, Erdal ^a   Aydin, Hamdullah ^b  

^a GAZI UNIVERSITY FACULTY OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

^b GULHANE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Insomnia severity; Insomnia symptoms; Prevalence; Sleep disorders

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGING; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSOMNIA; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; SEX DIFFERENCE; SLEEP DEPRIVATION; SLEEP DISORDER; SMOKING; SYMPTOM; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); URBAN AREA; WAKEFULNESS;

EID: 33645166794     PISSN: 13651501     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13651500500410364     Document Type: Conference Paper

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