Longitudinal trends of the healthcare-seeking prevalence and incidence of insomnia in Taiwan: An 8-year nationally representative study

Sleep Medicine

Volumn 14, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 843-849

  Hsu, Ya Wen ^a,b   Ho, Chung Han ^a,b   Wang, Jhi Joung ^b   Hsieh, Kuang Yang ^c   Weng, Shih Feng ^a,b   Wu, Ming Ping ^a,c,d  

^a CHIA NAN UNIVERSITY OF PHARMACY AND SCIENCE   (Taiwan)

^b CHI MEI MEDICAL CENTER   (Taiwan)

^c Chi Mei General Hospital   (Taiwan)

^d NONE   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Asian; Incidence; Insomnia; Longitudinal; Persistence; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INSOMNIA; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENOPAUSE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX RATIO; SOCIAL STATUS; TAIWAN;

ASIAN; INCIDENCE; INSOMNIA; LONGITUDINAL; PERSISTENCE; PREVALENCE;

ADULT; AGED; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PREVALENCE; SLEEP INITIATION AND MAINTENANCE DISORDERS; TAIWAN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84881663249     PISSN: 13899457     EISSN: 18785506     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sleep.2013.02.017     Document Type: Article

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