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. 2011 Mar 24;11:37. doi: 10.1186/1471-2377-11-37

Table 3.

Published Studies

re Patients Post-SARS (re Sleep)
Location Followup Time Outcomes

Toronto Acute illness (Retrospective) no discussion sleep [2]

21 day no discussion of sleep [1]

3 weeks post discharge Appears to be 100% prevalence insomnia (two cases were severe) [4]

One year complaints of sleep disturbance averaging 47% prevalence [26]

Asia "peak of outbreak" Sleep problems noted, no incidence given [50]

6 months No discussion sleep [51]

Summary 2005 No discussion sleep [52]

Summary 2006 No discussion sleep [53]

re Health Care Workers Not Ill With SARS (re Sleep)

Toronto 4 weeks No prevalence given, but "sleep may be the first casualty"[54]

~ 5 months "Stigma, fear, frustration" but no discussion sleep [55]

26 months Negative psychological effects but no discussion sleep [56]

Asia 5 weeks No discussion sleep [57]

April, May 2003 No discussion sleep [58]

3 months Sleep "poor", improved by prevention program [37]

30 months "Mental health catastrophe" but no discussion sleep [59]