The prevalence of insomnia in the general population in China: A meta-analysis

• Published in: PloS one Vol. 12; no. 2; p. e0170772
• Main Authors: Cao, Xiao-Lan, Wang, Shi-Bin, Zhong, Bao-Liang, Zhang, Ling, Ungvari, Gabor S., Ng, Chee H., Li, Lu, Chiu, Helen F. K., Lok, Grace K. I., Lu, Jian-Ping, Jia, Fu-Jun, Xiang, Yu-Tao
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Public Library of Science 24.02.2017; Public Library of Science (PLoS)
• Subjects: Adult; Adults; Age Factors; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Asian Continental Ancestry Group; Biology and Life Sciences; China - epidemiology; Clinical trials; Confidence intervals; Data processing; Distribution; Epidemiology; Evaluation; Female; Humans; Insomnia; Lan Cao; Male; Medical ethics; Medicine and Health Sciences; Meta-analysis; Middle Aged; Older people; People and Places; Physical Sciences; Population (statistical); Prevalence studies (Epidemiology); Research and Analysis Methods; Sex Characteristics; Sleep disorders; Sleep Initiation and Maintenance Disorders - epidemiology; Sleep Initiation and Maintenance Disorders - pathology; Statistical analysis; Statistical analysis of data; Studies; Systematic review; China; Beijing China; Perth Western Australia Australia; Australia; United States > US; Macao
• ISSN: 1932-6203; 1932-6203
• DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0170772

This is the first meta-analysis of the pooled prevalence of insomnia in the general population of China. A systematic literature search was conducted via the following databases: PubMed, PsycINFO, EMBASE and Chinese databases (China National Knowledge Interne (CNKI), WanFang Data and SinoMed). Stati...