Review of systematic reviews about the efficacy of non-pharmacological interventions to improve sleep quality in insomnia

International Journal of Evidence-Based Healthcare

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 233-242

  de Niet, Gerrit J ^a   Tiemens, Bea G ^a   Kloos, Margot W ^a   Hutschemaekers, Giel J M ^a,b  

^a De Gelderse Roos   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Insomnia; Methodological quality; Non pharmacological intervention; Review of systematic review; Systematic review

Indexed keywords

EID: 77957706514     PISSN: 17441595     EISSN: 17441609     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-1609.2009.00142.x     Document Type: Article

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