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Insomnia: Etiology, Clinical Manifestations, and Morbidity

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Insomnia is a serious public health concern with high rates of patients presenting to both general and specialty care clinics with sleep disturbance as a complaint. In clinical settings, the prevalence of insomnia-related symptoms is much higher than in the general population and is attributable to increased medical and psychiatric disorders [1]. Patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) have a particularly high prevalence of insomnia [2], and insomnia has considerable implications for pulmonary function in those with COPD and other respiratory disorders [3]. Insomnia is also an under recognized and under treated problem. Partly due to a lack of training in the recognition and management of sleep disorders [4].

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Gargaro, C.E., Roth, T., Drake, C.L. (2012). Insomnia: Etiology, Clinical Manifestations, and Morbidity. In: Badr, M. (eds) Essentials of Sleep Medicine. Respiratory Medicine. Humana Press. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-60761-735-8_13

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