Help-seeking behaviors for insomnia in hong kong chinese: a community-based study

Highlights • The majority of the subjects did not seek help in the community for their insomnia, especially the youth populations. • Complementary and alternative medicines (CAM) were the commonly preferred therapies for insomnia in Hong Kong. • Correlates of help-seeking behaviors have clinical and...

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Published in:Sleep medicine 2016-05, Vol.21, p.106-113
Main Authors: Liu, Yaping, Zhang, Jihui, Lam, Siu Ping, Yu, Mandy Wai Man, Li, Shirley Xin, Zhou, Junying, Chan, Joey Wing Yan, Chan, Ngan Yin, Li, Albert Martin, Wing, Yun-Kwok
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Asian Continental Ancestry Group
Children and adolescents
Complementary Therapies - utilization
Female
Health Literacy
Help-Seeking Behavior
Help-seeking behaviors
Hong Kong - epidemiology
Humans
Insomnia
Male
Middle-aged adults
Neurology
Prevalence
Risk Factors
Sex Factors
Sleep Initiation and Maintenance Disorders - epidemiology
Sleep Medicine
Surveys and Questionnaires
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Summary:Highlights • The majority of the subjects did not seek help in the community for their insomnia, especially the youth populations. • Complementary and alternative medicines (CAM) were the commonly preferred therapies for insomnia in Hong Kong. • Correlates of help-seeking behaviors have clinical and health policy implications. • There is a timely need for sleep-health literacy promotion, enhanced accessibility to evidence-based treatment of insomnia, and further evidence-based studies, especially CAM therapies.
ISSN:1389-9457
1878-5506
DOI:10.1016/j.sleep.2016.01.006