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Form, frequency and burden of sleep problems in general health care: a report from the WHO Collaborative Study on Psychological Problems in General Health Care

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 April 2020

TB Üstün ,
M Privett ,
Y Lecrubier ,
E Weiller ,
G Simon ,
A Korten ,
SS Bassett ,
W Maier ,
N Sartorius  and
Investigators of the WHO International Study on Psychological Problems in General Health Care
TB Üstün
Affiliation:
Division of Mental Health, World Health Organization, CH-1211Geneva 27, Switzerland
M Privett
Affiliation:
Division of Mental Health, World Health Organization, CH-1211Geneva 27, Switzerland
Y Lecrubier
Affiliation:
Hôpital de la Salpêtnère, Paris, France
E Weiller
Affiliation:
Hôpital de la Salpêtnère, Paris, France
G Simon
Affiliation:
Centre for Health Studies, Group Health Cooperative of Puget Sound, Seattle, WA, USA
A Korten
Affiliation:
Social Psychiatry Research Unit, The Australian National University, Canberra, Australia
SS Bassett
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, John Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA
W Maier
Affiliation:
Psychiatrische Klinik und Poliklinik, Mainz, Germany
N Sartorius
Affiliation:
University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
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Summary

The WHO Collaborative Study on Psychological Problems in General Health Care examined the frequency, form, course and outcome of psychological problems in general health care settings. A total of 25,916 general health care attenders at 15 sites in 14 countries were screened using the 12-item General Health Questionnaire (GHQ-12). Of those screened, 5,438 were assessed in detail using a Primary Health Care version of the Composite International Diagnostic Interview (CIDI-PHC) in conjunction with the Brief Disability Questionnaire, the Social Disability Schedules, a self rated overall health status form and the 28-item General Health Questionnaire. The analysis has shown that sleep problems were common at all sites with: 26.8% of all patients having some form of sleep problem and 15% of the patients examined had trouble falling or staying asleep. Of those with sleep problems, 51.5% had a well-defined International Classification of Diseases 10th Revision (ICD-10) mental disorder (such as depression, anxiety, somatoform disorders or alcohol problems) and 48.5% of those with sleep problems for at least two weeks or more did not fulfil the criteria for any well defined ICD-10 diagnosis. Persons with sleep problems reported a degree of disability in the performance of their daily activities and social roles even when they had no symptoms of psychological disorders. When such symptoms were present the disability was significantly increased.

Keywords

insomniageneral health careICD-10Cross-cultural comparisonssleep problems
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Research Article
Information
European Psychiatry , Volume 11 , Issue S1: Sleep disorders: epidemiology, social impact and treatment attitudes - Symposium to the AEP Congress , 1996 , pp. 5s - 10s
Copyright
Copyright © 1996 Elsevier, Paris

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