title: Health visitor-run adult sleep clinics.
abstract: Two sleep clinics run by health visitors were set up in Dundee to provide a brief, time-limited programme of advice and treatment for adults with insomnia and referred by their GPs. This article describes the clinics and reports the clinical features and outcome of the first 100 patients referred.
authors.affiliation: Royal Dundee Liff Hospital, Liff.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Ballantine
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Clark
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Abdel-Fattah
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Richam-Odoi
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Fulford
authors.forename: F M
authors.initials: FM
authors.lastname: McPherson
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000465:Algorithms; D003151:Community Health Centers / Q000458:organization & administration*; D003152:Community Health Nursing / Q000458:organization & administration*; D003663:Decision Trees; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D015403:Nursing Evaluation Research; D010353:Patient Education as Topic / Q000458:organization & administration; D015397:Program Evaluation; D012017:Referral and Consultation; D007319:Sleep Initiation and Maintenance Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000451:nursing* / Q000517:prevention & control