Table 5.
Medical consultations and treatment for sleep
| Medical Consultation % |
Consultation for sleep % | Medication for sleep | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hypnotic % | Anxiolytic % | Anti-depressant % | Other psychotropic % | |||
| Nocturnal awakenings | ||||||
| - without DRS (n=4417) | 67.4‡ | 6.6 | 1.6 | 2.7 | 0.2 | 0.3 |
| - with DRS (n=3662) | 71.4‡ | 23.8† | 4.5 | 8.0† | 0.8 | 0.9 |
| DIS or NRS (n=1177) | 62.9 | 9.9 | 3.1 | 4.7 | 0.2 | 0.3 |
DIS=Difficulty initiating sleep; NRS= Non-restorative sleep; DRS= Difficulty or inability resuming sleep; NA= Nocturnal awakenings
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