Epidemiology of insomnia in korean adults: prevalence and associated factors

Insomnia is a common complaint in adults. However, large epidemiologic studies of insomnia involving Asian populations are rarely reported. We performed an epidemiologic study of insomnia in a large Korean adult population. A total of 5,000 subjects (2,470 men and 2,530 women) were interviewed by te...

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Published in:Journal of clinical neurology (Seoul, Korea) 2009, 5(1), , pp.20-23
Main Authors: Cho, Yong Won, Shin, Won Chul, Yun, Chang Ho, Hong, Seung Bong, Kim, Juhan, Earley, Christopher J
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Summary:Insomnia is a common complaint in adults. However, large epidemiologic studies of insomnia involving Asian populations are rarely reported. We performed an epidemiologic study of insomnia in a large Korean adult population. A total of 5,000 subjects (2,470 men and 2,530 women) were interviewed by telephone. A representative sample of subjects aged 20 to 69 years was constituted according to a stratified, multistage random sampling method. Insomnia was defined as either any difficulty getting to sleep or getting back to sleep after waking in the night. More than one fifth (n=1,141, 22.8%) of the 5,000 subjects complained of insomnia, with the prevalence being significantly higher in women (25.3%) than in men (20.2%, p
ISSN:1738-6586
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DOI:10.3988/jcn.2009.5.1.20