[Sleep disorders: Sociodemographics and psychiatric comorbidities in a sample of 14,734 adults in France (Baromètre santé INPES)].
OBJECTIVE
Several studies have identified a high prevalence of sleep disorders and insomnia in the French population; however these studies especially focused on sleep did not give enough details on the sociodemographic and occupational characteristics of subjects with sleep disorders. The aim of this study was to characterize adults complaining of sleep disorders in a vast population-based health demographics study (Baromètre Santé, Institut national pour l'éducation à la santé [INPES]).


METHODS
Fourteen thousand seven hundred and thirty-four adults aged from 18 to 65years old were interviewed by telephone and "subjects with severe sleep disorders in the last 8 days" were isolated and compared with the others regarding sociodemographic and occupational aspects and with regard to psychiatric disorders. The sleep items were extracted from the Duke and WHOQOL (brief form) questionnaires. Depressive disorders were recognized based on the Composite International Diagnostic Interview (CIDI) Short-Form (CIDI-SF) and the ISD 10.


RESULTS
Among the subjects, 12.5% were concerned. Women, young or subjects after 45, low income, employees and unemployed categories had significantly more sleep disorders. Sleep disorders in the last 8 days were also significantly linked to previous depressive episodes, anxiety disorders and history of suicide.


CONCLUSIONS
Assessing sleep disorders in the last 8 days seems to be a good method to identify severely affected subjects in general population surveys.
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Département d'observation et d'analyse des comportements de santé, INPES, 42, boulevard de la Libération, 93203 Saint-Denis cedex, France. francois.beck@inpes.sante.fr
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D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D015897:Comorbidity; D003710:Demography; D003863:Depression / Q000453:epidemiology; D004651:Employment; D005260:Female; D005602:France / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D007182:Income; D007407:Interviews as Topic; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012893:Sleep Wake Disorders / Q000150:complications* / Q000453:epidemiology; D055815:Young Adult