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==Overview==
==Overview==
Insomnia is a sleep disorder characterized by an inability to sleep and/or inability to remain asleep for a reasonable period. Insomniacs typically complain of being unable to close their eyes or "rest their mind" for more than a few minutes at a time. Both organic and nonorganic insomnia constitute a sleep disorder.[1][2].Insomnia is a medical term for a sleep disorder, in which a person have difficulty with falling asleep, staying asleep or feeling unfresh in the morning because of poor sleep[3]. Insomnia is one of the frequently reported complaints in adult population, it is reported that 30-40% of the adult population is the US have insomnia[4]. The DSM-V Diagnostic Criteria for Insomnia Disorder is, difficulty with sleep for at least three days per week for consecutive three months.
Common risk factors in the development of insomnia include advancing age, poor health conditions, lack of social connection, and female gender.
 
==Risk Factors==
==Risk Factors==
Common risk factors for insomnia include<ref name="urlInsomnia Overview: Epidemiology, Pathophysiology, Diagnosis and Monitoring, and Nonpharmacologic Therapy | AJMC">{{cite web |url=https://www.ajmc.com/view/insomnia-overview-epidemiology-pathophysiology-diagnosis-and-monitoring-and-nonpharmacologic-therapy |title=Insomnia Overview: Epidemiology, Pathophysiology, Diagnosis and Monitoring, and Nonpharmacologic Therapy &#124; AJMC |format= |work= |accessdate=}}</ref><ref name=DSMV>{{cite book | title = Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders : DSM-5 | publisher = American Psychiatric Association | location = Washington, D.C | year = 2013 | isbn = 0890425558 }}</ref><ref name="pmid33683929">{{cite journal| author=Sutton EL| title=Insomnia. | journal=Ann Intern Med | year= 2021 | volume= 174 | issue= 3 | pages= ITC33-ITC48 | pmid=33683929 | doi=10.7326/AITC202103160 | pmc= | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=33683929  }} </ref>:
*Gender (Female)
*Advancing age
*Advancing age
*Anxiety or worry-prone personality
*Lack of social connection
**Feeling lonely
***Widow/Divorced/Separated
*[[Depression]]
*[[Anxiety]] or worry-prone personality
*Chronic daily stress
*Chronic daily stress
*Cognitive styles
*Unemployed
*Lower educational qualification
*Economic inactivity
*Familial disposition
*Familial disposition
*Fear of not sleeping
*Fear of not sleeping
*Female gender
*High altitude
*Increased arousal
*Increased arousal
*Irregular sleep scheduling
*Irregular sleep scheduling
:*Excessive caffeine use
**Excessive caffeine use
:* Irregular sleep schedules
**Irregular sleep schedules
*Light
*Major life events (e.g., illness, separation)
*Major life events (e.g., illness, separation)
*Noise
*Noise
*Poor sleep habits
*Poor sleep habits
*Light
*Poor sleep hygiene practices
*Poor sleep hygiene practices
*Tendency to repress emotions
*Tendency to repress emotions
*Uncomfortably high or low temperature<ref name=DSMV>{{cite book | title = Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders : DSM-5 | publisher = American Psychiatric Association | location = Washington, D.C | year = 2013 | isbn = 0890425558 }}</ref>
*Uncomfortably high or low temperature
*High altitude
*Military Deployment
*Racial Discrimintion<ref name="pmid32928711">{{cite journal |vauthors=Cheng P, Cuellar R, Johnson DA, Kalmbach DA, Joseph CL, Cuamatzi Castelan A, Sagong C, Casement MD, Drake CL |title=Racial discrimination as a mediator of racial disparities in insomnia disorder |journal=Sleep Health |volume=6 |issue=5 |pages=543–549 |date=October 2020 |pmid=32928711 |pmc=7485499 |doi=10.1016/j.sleh.2020.07.007 |url=}}</ref>
 
==References==
==References==
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1] ; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Adnan Ezici, M.D[2]

Overview

Common risk factors in the development of insomnia include advancing age, poor health conditions, lack of social connection, and female gender.

Risk Factors

Common risk factors for insomnia include[1][2][3]:

  • Gender (Female)
  • Advancing age
  • Lack of social connection
    • Feeling lonely
      • Widow/Divorced/Separated
  • Depression
  • Anxiety or worry-prone personality
  • Chronic daily stress
  • Unemployed
  • Lower educational qualification
  • Economic inactivity
  • Familial disposition
  • Fear of not sleeping
  • Increased arousal
  • Irregular sleep scheduling
    • Excessive caffeine use
    • Irregular sleep schedules
  • Major life events (e.g., illness, separation)
  • Noise
  • Poor sleep habits
  • Light
  • Poor sleep hygiene practices
  • Tendency to repress emotions
  • Uncomfortably high or low temperature
  • High altitude
  • Military Deployment
  • Racial Discrimintion[4]

References

  1. "Insomnia Overview: Epidemiology, Pathophysiology, Diagnosis and Monitoring, and Nonpharmacologic Therapy | AJMC".
  2. Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders : DSM-5. Washington, D.C: American Psychiatric Association. 2013. ISBN 0890425558.
  3. Sutton EL (2021). "Insomnia". Ann Intern Med. 174 (3): ITC33–ITC48. doi:10.7326/AITC202103160. PMID 33683929 Check |pmid= value (help).
  4. Cheng P, Cuellar R, Johnson DA, Kalmbach DA, Joseph CL, Cuamatzi Castelan A, Sagong C, Casement MD, Drake CL (October 2020). "Racial discrimination as a mediator of racial disparities in insomnia disorder". Sleep Health. 6 (5): 543–549. doi:10.1016/j.sleh.2020.07.007. PMC 7485499 Check |pmc= value (help). PMID 32928711 Check |pmid= value (help).