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
Keywords
- Obstructive Sleep Apnea
- Sleep Disturbance
- Sleep Quality
- Sleep Disorder
- Obstructive Sleep Apnea Syndrome
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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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