Insomnia-Assessment

DSM V describes insomnia as longstanding ( more than 3 months ) subjective difficulty initiating sleep , maintaining sleep or waking too early , accompanied by distress about the experience of daytime fatigue and its impact on day time functioning. The difficulty occurs atleast 3 nights / week , despite adequate opportunity for sleep.

How common -Insomnia is common affecting up to 1 in 3 adults in the UK, N America , Europe and Australia It is the most common sleep disorder and Morin et al in 2006 reported that insomnia symptoms affect approximately 1/3rd of the population at any given time Cross sectional studies estimate the prevalence in patients attending primary care between 10-50 % ( BMJ 2011 )-most common sleeping disorder seen in family medicine A recent article in BMC Family Practice reports that up to 50 % of patients attending family practice experience insomnia - but this is often not screened for or not discussed within this setting ( Rowan P Ogeil et al 2020 ) Longitudinal cohort studies show that the prevalence of insomnia is rising coupled with increasing use of sedative-hypnotic use over the last decade ( Pallesen, Siversten , Nordhus , & Bjorvatn 2014...