Are prescribed medications effective in the treatment of insomnia complaints?

• Published in: Journal of psychosomatic research Vol. 47; no. 4; pp. 359 - 368
• Main Authors: Ohayon, Maurice M, Caulet, M, Arbus, L, Billard, M, Coquerel, A, Guieu, J.-D, Kullmann, B, Laffont, F, Lemoine, P, Paty, J, Pechadre, J.C, Vecchierini, M.-F, Vespignani, H
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Elsevier Inc 01.10.1999
• Subjects: Adolescent; Adult; Age Distribution; Aged; Anti-Anxiety Agents - therapeutic use; Antidepressant; Anxiolytic; Case-Control Studies; Drug Utilization Review; Family Practice - statistics & numerical data; Female; France - epidemiology; General practice; Humans; Hypnotic; Hypnotics and Sedatives - therapeutic use; Insomnia treatment; Male; Middle Aged; Population Surveillance; Practice Patterns, Physicians; Prevalence; Psychotropic Drugs - therapeutic use; Sex Distribution; Sleep Initiation and Maintenance Disorders - drug therapy; Sleep Initiation and Maintenance Disorders - epidemiology; Sleep Initiation and Maintenance Disorders - psychology; France; Antidepressant; Hypnotic; General practice; Insomnia treatment; Anxiolytic

Although frequently investigated in the general population, the epidemiology of insomnia complaints and their treatment have received little attention in general practice. This study recruited patients ≥15 years of age, consecutively, from 127 general practitioners in France. The physicians collecte...