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Menopausal Aspects of Sleep Disturbance

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Comprehensive Management of Menopause

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Abstract

Insomnia means subjective disturbance of sleep. Women complain about insomnia more than men do, and these complaints increase greatly after the menopause. Of 2,500 Scottish adults answering the question, “Do you have frequent night wakening?”, 5% of men and 7% of women aged 25 to 35, and 5% of the men and 27% of women aged 55 to 65, answered positively.1 Of 1,645 Floridians surveyed, 27% of men and 27% of women aged 20 to 29, and 33% of men and 45% of women aged 50 to 60 said they had disturbed sleep. Among 358 gynecology patients with normal psychometric status, 4% of premenopausal women and 16% of those within 5 years of menopause had difficulty staying asleep, although there was no difference in their mean age.3

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  1. Quentin R. Regestein
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Editors and Affiliations

  1. Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Université de Montréal, Hôpital du Sacré-Coeur de Montréal, H4J 1C5, Montréal, Quebec, Canada

    Jacques Lorrain M.D., FRCS(C), FACOG (Clinical Professor, Director) (Clinical Professor, Director)

  2. Gynecological Endocrinology and Reproductive Medicine, Hôpital du Sacré-Coeur de Montréal, H4J 1C5, Montréal, Quebec, Canada

    Jacques Lorrain M.D., FRCS(C), FACOG (Clinical Professor, Director) (Clinical Professor, Director)

  3. Division of Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility, Department of Obstetrics-Gynecology, Medical College of Georgia, 30912-3360, Augusta, GA, USA

    Leo Plouffe Jr. M.D. (Associate Professor/Director of Clinical Services) (Associate Professor/Director of Clinical Services)

  4. University of Massachusetts Medical Center, 01655, Worcester, MA, USA

    Veronica A. Ravnikar M.D. (Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Director of Reproductive Endocrinology, Fertility, Menopause) (Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Director of Reproductive Endocrinology, Fertility, Menopause)

  5. Division of Reproductive Endocrinology, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Oregon Health Sciences University School of Medicine, 97201-3098, Portland, OR, USA

    Leon Speroff M.D. (Professor and Chairman) (Professor and Chairman)

  6. Division of Endocrinology, Department of Medicine, The Emory University School of Medicine, 30322, Atlanta, GA, USA

    Nelson B. Watts M.D. (Associate Professor) (Associate Professor)

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Regestein, Q.R. (1994). Menopausal Aspects of Sleep Disturbance. In: Lorrain, J., Plouffe, L., Ravnikar, V.A., Speroff, L., Watts, N.B. (eds) Comprehensive Management of Menopause. Clinical Perspectives in Obstetrics and Gynecology. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-4330-4_34

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