The burden of insomnia on individual function and healthcare consumption in Australia

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 462-468

  Bin, Yu Sun ^a,b   Marshall, Nathaniel S ^a   Glozier, Nicholas ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Cross sectional studies; Health services utilisation; Health surveys; Prevalence; Sleep Initiation and maintenance disorders epidemiology therapy

Indexed keywords

HYPNOTIC SEDATIVE AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; COST OF ILLNESS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; ECONOMICS; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INSOMNIA; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SATISFACTION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUSTRALIA; COST OF ILLNESS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; HYPNOTICS AND SEDATIVES; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; PREVALENCE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX FACTORS; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE; SLEEP INITIATION AND MAINTENANCE DISORDERS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84866981944     PISSN: 13260200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1753-6405.2012.00845.x     Document Type: Article

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