作者
Mairead Eastin Moloney, Thomas R Konrad, Catherine R Zimmer
发表日期
2011/8
期刊
American journal of public health
卷号
101
期号
8
页码范围
1429-1433
出版商
American Public Health Association
简介
Sleeplessness, a universal condition with diverse causes, may be increasingly diagnosed and treated (or medicalized) as insomnia. We examined the trend in sleeplessness complaints, diagnoses, and prescriptions of sedative hypnotics in physician office visits from 1993 to 2007. Consistent with the medicalization hypothesis, sleeplessness complaints and insomnia diagnoses increased over time and were far outpaced by prescriptions for sedative hypnotics. Insomnia may be a public health concern, but potential overtreatment with marginally effective, expensive medications with nontrivial side effects raises definite population health concerns.
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ME Moloney, TR Konrad, CR Zimmer - American journal of public health, 2011