Open AccessPrevalence of sleep disorders in the T urkish adult population epidemiology of sleep study
Author(s) -
Demir Ahmet U,
Ardic Sadik,
Firat Hikmet,
Karadeniz Derya,
Aksu Murat,
Ucar Zeynep Zeren,
Sevim Serhan,
Ozgen Fuat,
Yilmaz Hikmet,
Itil Oya,
Peker Yuksel,
Aygul Fatma,
Kiran Sibel,
Gelbal Selahattin,
Cepni Zafer,
Akozer Mehmet
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
sleep and biological rhythms
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.371
H-Index - 30
eISSN - 1479-8425
pISSN - 1446-9235
DOI - 10.1111/sbr.12118
Subject(s) - insomnia , epworth sleepiness scale , restless legs syndrome , medicine , epidemiology , excessive daytime sleepiness , turkish population , population , public health , psychiatry , sleep (system call) , polysomnography , sleep disorder , physical therapy , environmental health , apnea , biochemistry , chemistry , nursing , operating system , computer science , genotype , gene
Sleep disorders constitute an important public health problem. Prevalence of sleep disorders in T urkish adult population was investigated in a nationwide representative sample of 5021 Turkish adults (2598 women and 2423 men, response rate: 91%) by an interviewer‐administered questionnaire. Insomnia was defined by the DSM‐IV criteria, habitual snoring and risk for sleep‐related breathing disorders ( SDB ) by the B erlin questionnaire, excessive daytime sleepiness ( EDS ) by the E pworth sleepiness scale score, and restless legs syndrome ( RLS ) by the complaints according to the International Restless Legs Syndrome Study Group criteria. Mean age of the participants was 40.7 ± 15.1 (range 18 to 90) years. Prevalence rates (men/women) were insomnia 15.3% (10.5%/20.2%; P < 0.001), high probability of SDB 13.7% (11.1%/20.2%; P < 0.001), EDS 5.4% (5.0%/5.7%; P : 0.09), RLS 5.2% (3.0%/7.3%; P < 0.001). Aging and female gender were associated with higher prevalence of sleep disorders except for habitual snoring. Prevalence rates of the sleep disorders among Turkish adults based on the widely used questionnaires were close to the lower end of the previous estimates reported from different parts of the world. These findings would help for the assessment of the health burden of sleep disorders and addressing the risk groups for planning and implementation of health care.