title: [Epidemiology of sleep disorders].
abstract: Epidemiological investigations on subjectively reported sleep disturbance suggest an average prevalence of 26.2%. About 12.8% of the general population suffer from moderate to severe sleep disturbance. With a narrow definition, a prevalence of disorders of initiating and maintaining sleep associated with daytime sleepiness of 1.6% was found. Female gender and increasing age are risk factors for sleep disturbances. Psychological stress and psychiatric symptoms, especially anxiety and depressive disorders, are associated with sleep disturbances.
authors.affiliation: Psychiatrische Universitätsklinik Zürich.
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authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Hochstrasser
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000368:Aged; D000375:Aging / Q000502:physiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000503:physiopathology; D008875:Middle Aged; D015995:Prevalence; D007319:Sleep Initiation and Maintenance Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology; D012893:Sleep Wake Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000503:physiopathology
vernacular_title: Epidemiologie von Schlafstörungen.