A population-based investigation into the self-reported reasons for sleep problems.
Typologies of sleep problems have usually relied on identifying underlying causes or symptom clusters. In this study the value of using the patient's own reasons for sleep disturbance are explored. Using secondary data analysis of a nationally representative psychiatric survey the patterning of...
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| description | Typologies of sleep problems have usually relied on identifying underlying causes or symptom clusters. In this study the value of using the patient's own reasons for sleep disturbance are explored. Using secondary data analysis of a nationally representative psychiatric survey the patterning of the various reasons respondents provided for self-reported sleep problems were examined. Over two thirds (69.3%) of respondents could identify a specific reason for their sleep problem with worry (37.9%) and illness (20.1%) representing the most commonly reported reasons. And while women reported more sleep problems for almost every reason compared with men, the patterning of reasons by age showed marked variability. Sleep problem symptoms such as difficulty getting to sleep or waking early also showed variability by different reasons as did the association with major correlates such as worry, depression, anxiety and poor health. While prevalence surveys of 'insomnia' or 'poor sleep' often assume the identification of an underlying homogeneous construct there may be grounds for recognising the existence of different sleep problem types particularly in the context of the patient's perceived reason for the problem. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-3ef7cd49fbd14291986b4374700038322022-12-21T23:59:41ZengPublic Library of Science (PLoS)PLoS ONE1932-62032014-01-0197e10136810.1371/journal.pone.0101368A population-based investigation into the self-reported reasons for sleep problems.David ArmstrongAlex DreganTypologies of sleep problems have usually relied on identifying underlying causes or symptom clusters. In this study the value of using the patient's own reasons for sleep disturbance are explored. Using secondary data analysis of a nationally representative psychiatric survey the patterning of the various reasons respondents provided for self-reported sleep problems were examined. Over two thirds (69.3%) of respondents could identify a specific reason for their sleep problem with worry (37.9%) and illness (20.1%) representing the most commonly reported reasons. And while women reported more sleep problems for almost every reason compared with men, the patterning of reasons by age showed marked variability. Sleep problem symptoms such as difficulty getting to sleep or waking early also showed variability by different reasons as did the association with major correlates such as worry, depression, anxiety and poor health. While prevalence surveys of 'insomnia' or 'poor sleep' often assume the identification of an underlying homogeneous construct there may be grounds for recognising the existence of different sleep problem types particularly in the context of the patient's perceived reason for the problem.http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4077805?pdf=render |
| spellingShingle | David Armstrong Alex Dregan A population-based investigation into the self-reported reasons for sleep problems. PLoS ONE |
| title | A population-based investigation into the self-reported reasons for sleep problems. |
| title_full | A population-based investigation into the self-reported reasons for sleep problems. |
| title_fullStr | A population-based investigation into the self-reported reasons for sleep problems. |
| title_full_unstemmed | A population-based investigation into the self-reported reasons for sleep problems. |
| title_short | A population-based investigation into the self-reported reasons for sleep problems. |
| title_sort | population based investigation into the self reported reasons for sleep problems |
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