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Journal Article
Review
Insomnia. Diagnosis and management.
Australian Family Physician 2002 November
BACKGROUND: Insomnia is a complaint of perceived poor sleep quality resulting in impairment of daytime function. It is the commonest clinical sleep disorder with approximately 6-12% of adults complaining of chronic insomnia.
OBJECTIVE: To review current knowledge on causes and effects of insomnia and to provide a brief evidence based review of management options for the family practitioner.
DISCUSSION: Patients with insomnia are characterised by excessive arousal and an inability to sleep despite reported reduced sleep hours and poor sleep quality. Current management approaches are focussed on reducing this 'hyperarousal' and its behavioural manifestations by a range of behavioural treatments. Good evidence exists for the efficacy of hypnotics for short term insomnia but long term data is currently lacking. Nonbenzodiazepine hypnotics (zopiclone, zolpidem) have less adverse effects and similar efficacy to benzodiazepines.
OBJECTIVE: To review current knowledge on causes and effects of insomnia and to provide a brief evidence based review of management options for the family practitioner.
DISCUSSION: Patients with insomnia are characterised by excessive arousal and an inability to sleep despite reported reduced sleep hours and poor sleep quality. Current management approaches are focussed on reducing this 'hyperarousal' and its behavioural manifestations by a range of behavioural treatments. Good evidence exists for the efficacy of hypnotics for short term insomnia but long term data is currently lacking. Nonbenzodiazepine hypnotics (zopiclone, zolpidem) have less adverse effects and similar efficacy to benzodiazepines.
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