Correlations among insomnia symptoms, sleep medication use and depressive symptoms

Abstract

Aim:To elucidate the factors associated with insomnia symptoms and the use of sleep medication, and the correlations among insomnia symptoms, sleep medication use and depressive symptoms in the general population.

Impact of hypnotics use on daytime function and factors associated with usage by female shift work nurses

“…The positive association between the presence of insomnia and the use of hypnotics was consistent with a previous study conducted on nurses engaged in shift work [9], and the association between increased age and the use of hypnotics is a trend similarly found in the general population [28,29]. In line with these, we previously reported that age and the presence of both insomnia symptoms and depression were independently associated with the usage of hypnotics in a rural cohort in Japan [30]. In the present study, the eveningness chronotype was found to be a factor associated with the use of hypnotics.…”

Later sleep schedule and depressive symptoms are associated with usage of multiple kinds of hypnotics

“…Actually, the Pearson product-moment correlation coefficient for time for going to bed and sleep-offset time in our study subjects with subjective insomnia was r=0.683 (p<0.001), and that for sleep-onset time and sleep-offset time was r=0.689 Logistic regression analyses were performed to assess the association of the usage of hypnotics categories with sex, age, job status, midpoint of sleep, self-reported sleep time, CES-D, and PSQI total score without C6 (as C6 is a subcomponent score evaluating the usage frequency of any hypnotic) [28,29]. Age, self-reported total sleep time (TST), and PSQI without C6 were divided into two groups by the median values were students, and 111 people (10.8%) were in other occupations or non-workers.…”

Association between chronic insomnia and depression in elderly adults

“…5,6,13,14 At present, pharmacological intervention remains the treatment of choice, and the use of hypnotics is significantly associated with elderly female patients with depression-like symptoms, suffering from poor sleep quality and complaining of difficulty falling asleep. 5,15 Elderly status and poor sleep control were the strongest predictors for the use of medication, and for subsequent difficulty in quitting sleep medications. 15 Both benzodiazepine and nonbenzodiazepine hypnotics have been the most frequently used drugs for treating insomnia in the elderly in Taiwan.…”

“…3,4 The prevalence of insomnia among the general adult population is approximately 6% to 30%. 2,5 Furthermore, an estimated 50% to 70% of all people aged 65 years have reported at least one condition of chronic sleep disturbances. 4 A study conducted in one district of metropolitan Taipei, Taiwan has shown that nearly half of the elderly reported suffering from insomnia and poor sleep quality, and 22% of elderly subjects used medication for sleep, numbers that are consistent with results of previous studies in other countries.…”