Is there a negative impact of winter on mental distress and sleeping problems in the subarctic: The Tromsø Study

BMC Psychiatry

Volumn 12, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Johnsen, May Trude ^a,b   Wynn, Rolf ^a,b   Bratlid, Trond ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NORTH NORWAY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Insomnia; Mental distress; Polar day; Polar night; Seasonality; Sleep; Sub arctic

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTUMN; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FEMALE; HOPKINS SYMPTOMS CHECKLIST; HUMAN; INSOMNIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; SEASON; SLEEP; SLEEP DISORDER; SLEEP TIME; WINTER; ARCTIC; CHECKLIST; CONTROLLED STUDY; DARKNESS; HOPKINS SYMPTOMS CHECKLIST 10; MUNICH CHRONOTYPE QUESTIONNAIRE; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; NORWAY; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOM SAMPLE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPRING; SUMMER;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARCTIC REGIONS; DARKNESS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORWAY; PREVALENCE; SEASONS; SLEEP INITIATION AND MAINTENANCE DISORDERS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84873479782     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1471244X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-244X-12-225     Document Type: Article

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