Sleep disorder symptoms are common and unspoken in Canadian general practice

Family Practice

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 294-300

  Bailes, Sally ^a   Baltzan, Marc ^b,c   Rizzo, Dorrie ^a   Fichten, Catherine S ^a,c,d   Grad, Roland ^a,c   Wolkove, Norman ^b   Creti, Laura ^a   Amsel, Rhonda ^e   Libman, Eva ^a,c,f  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b and a member of the Respiratory Medicine Program Committee of the College of Family Physicians of Canada   (Canada)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d DAWSON COLLEGE   (Canada)

^e MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^f Dept of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (Canada)

Author keywords

Primary care; Referral; Sleep clinic; Sleep disorders; Symptom reporting

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANADA; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAYTIME SOMNOLENCE; DISTRESS SYNDROME; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CENTER; HUMAN; INSOMNIA; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RISK FACTOR; SELF DISCLOSURE; SEX RATIO; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; SLEEP DISORDER; SLEEP SYMPTOM CHECKLIST; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BODY MASS INDEX; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTPATIENT CLINICS, HOSPITAL; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUEBEC; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; SLEEP DISORDERS;

EID: 67949097533     PISSN: 02632136     EISSN: 14602229     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/fampra/cmp031     Document Type: Article

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