High prevalence of insomnia and hypnotic use in patients visiting their general practitioner

Family Practice

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 20-24

  Bjorvatn, Bjørn ^a,b   Meland, Eivind ^a   Flo, Elisabeth ^a   Mildestvedt, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b HAUKELAND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Family practice; General practice; GP; Insomnia; Sleep

Indexed keywords

HYPNOTIC AGENT; HYPNOTIC SEDATIVE AGENT;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BERGEN INSOMNIA SCALE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DSM-IV; EARLY MORNING AWAKENING INSOMNIA; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; INSOMNIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL STUDENT; NON RESTORATIVE SLEEP INSOMNIA; NORWAY; PREVALENCE; SELF REPORT; SLEEP DISORDER ASSESSMENT; SLEEP MAINTENANCE INSOMNIA; SLEEP ONSET INSOMNIA; ADOLESCENT; CHILD; GENERAL PRACTICE; MIDDLE AGED; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX FACTOR; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMANS; HYPNOTICS AND SEDATIVES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; SELF REPORT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX FACTORS; SLEEP INITIATION AND MAINTENANCE DISORDERS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85014966468     PISSN: 02632136     EISSN: 14602229     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/fampra/cmw107     Document Type: Article

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