• Insomnia is a major source of distress to people with chronic pain; many of whom
presenting for treatment want tangible help with sleep.• Compared to chronic pain patients …

The management of insomnia in patients experiencing chronic pain requires careful
evaluation, good diagnostic skills, familiarity with cognitive-behavioural interventions and a …

Given the suggestion of a reciprocal relationship between sleep and pain and the
recognition of sleep as an important parameter in determining quality of life, there is …

Background: Recent applications of cognitive-behavior therapy for primary insomnia in the
management of pain-related insomnia are based on the implicit assumption that the 2 types …

Co-morbid insomnia is a much more frequent problem than primary insomnia. In co-morbid
insomnia, management of the underlying disease can improve sleep difficulty. Conversely …

Chronic pain of any etiology often represents a difficult problem for the clinician and patient.
Pain will usually be impossible to eliminate, and adequate pain reduction usually requires …

Objective The objective of this review is to answer three questions: 1) How are chronic pain
severity and pain duration affected in patients with chronic pain and sleep disturbances that …

Objective This review gives an overview about the consequences of sleep deprivation (SD)
on pain perception and discusses the bi-directional relation between sleep and pain …

Insomnia is a chronic condition that occurs a minimum of three times per week over a period
of three or more subsequent months. There are multiple causes of insomnia, and even …

Objective: Clinical experiences as well as specific investigations show that pain and sleep
disturbances are closely correlated. The aims of this review are first to describe sleep …