Sleep habits and complaints of adults in the city of São Paulo, Brazil, in 1987 and 1995

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Autor(a) principal: Pires,M.L.N.
Data de Publicação: 2007
Outros Autores: Benedito-Silva,A.A., Mello,M.T., Del Giglio,S., Pompeia,C., Tufik,S.
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research
Texto Completo: http://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-879X2007001100011
Resumo: This study compares the prevalence of complaints of insomnia, excessive diurnal sleepiness, parasomnias, and sleep habits of the adult population in the city of São Paulo, Brazil, estimated in surveys carried out in 1987 and 1995. Representative samples of 1000 adult residents per survey were interviewed using a validated structured sleep questionnaire, the "UNIFESP Sleep Questionnaire". Difficulty maintaining sleep, difficulty initiating sleep and early morning awakening, occurring at least three times a week, were reported in 1987 and 1995, by 15.8/27.6, 13.9/19.1, and 10.6/14.2% of the interviewees, respectively, significantly increasing throughout time. These sleep problems were more often found among women. Frequencies of excessive diurnal sleepiness and sleep attacks were unchanged comparing 1987 with 1995 (4.5 vs 3.8 and 3.1 vs 3.0%, respectively). Parasomnia complaints remained unchanged, with the exception of leg cramps, which doubled in prevalence from 1987 to 1995 (2.6 to 5.8%). Snoring was the most common parasomnia (21.5% in 1995), reported more often by men than by women, and somnambulism was the least common (approximately 1%). Besides sleeping slightly less, interviewees went to bed and woke up later in 1995. Approximately 12% of the subjects in both surveys had consulted a physician due to sleep problems and 3.0% reported habitual use of sleep-promoting substances in 1995. Overall, there was a significant increase in insomnia complaints from 1987 to 1995 in the general population of the city of São Paulo. This major change over a little under a decade should be considered as an important public health issue.
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spelling Sleep habits and complaints of adults in the city of São Paulo, Brazil, in 1987 and 1995SleepSleep disordersInsomniaDiurnal sleepinessParasomniasEpidemiologySleep habitsThis study compares the prevalence of complaints of insomnia, excessive diurnal sleepiness, parasomnias, and sleep habits of the adult population in the city of São Paulo, Brazil, estimated in surveys carried out in 1987 and 1995. Representative samples of 1000 adult residents per survey were interviewed using a validated structured sleep questionnaire, the "UNIFESP Sleep Questionnaire". Difficulty maintaining sleep, difficulty initiating sleep and early morning awakening, occurring at least three times a week, were reported in 1987 and 1995, by 15.8/27.6, 13.9/19.1, and 10.6/14.2% of the interviewees, respectively, significantly increasing throughout time. These sleep problems were more often found among women. Frequencies of excessive diurnal sleepiness and sleep attacks were unchanged comparing 1987 with 1995 (4.5 vs 3.8 and 3.1 vs 3.0%, respectively). Parasomnia complaints remained unchanged, with the exception of leg cramps, which doubled in prevalence from 1987 to 1995 (2.6 to 5.8%). Snoring was the most common parasomnia (21.5% in 1995), reported more often by men than by women, and somnambulism was the least common (approximately 1%). Besides sleeping slightly less, interviewees went to bed and woke up later in 1995. Approximately 12% of the subjects in both surveys had consulted a physician due to sleep problems and 3.0% reported habitual use of sleep-promoting substances in 1995. Overall, there was a significant increase in insomnia complaints from 1987 to 1995 in the general population of the city of São Paulo. This major change over a little under a decade should be considered as an important public health issue.Associação Brasileira de Divulgação Científica2007-11-01info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersiontext/htmlhttp://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-879X2007001100011Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research v.40 n.11 2007reponame:Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Researchinstname:Associação Brasileira de Divulgação Científica (ABDC)instacron:ABDC10.1590/S0100-879X2006005000170info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessPires,M.L.N.Benedito-Silva,A.A.Mello,M.T.Del Giglio,S.Pompeia,C.Tufik,S.eng2007-11-09T00:00:00Zoai:scielo:S0100-879X2007001100011Revistahttps://www.bjournal.org/https://old.scielo.br/oai/scielo-oai.phpbjournal@terra.com.br||bjournal@terra.com.br1414-431X0100-879Xopendoar:2007-11-09T00:00Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research - Associação Brasileira de Divulgação Científica (ABDC)false
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Sleep habits and complaints of adults in the city of São Paulo, Brazil, in 1987 and 1995
title Sleep habits and complaints of adults in the city of São Paulo, Brazil, in 1987 and 1995
spellingShingle Sleep habits and complaints of adults in the city of São Paulo, Brazil, in 1987 and 1995
Pires,M.L.N.
Sleep
Sleep disorders
Insomnia
Diurnal sleepiness
Parasomnias
Epidemiology
Sleep habits
title_short Sleep habits and complaints of adults in the city of São Paulo, Brazil, in 1987 and 1995
title_full Sleep habits and complaints of adults in the city of São Paulo, Brazil, in 1987 and 1995
title_fullStr Sleep habits and complaints of adults in the city of São Paulo, Brazil, in 1987 and 1995
title_full_unstemmed Sleep habits and complaints of adults in the city of São Paulo, Brazil, in 1987 and 1995
title_sort Sleep habits and complaints of adults in the city of São Paulo, Brazil, in 1987 and 1995
author Pires,M.L.N.
author_facet Pires,M.L.N.
Benedito-Silva,A.A.
Mello,M.T.
Del Giglio,S.
Pompeia,C.
Tufik,S.
author_role author
author2 Benedito-Silva,A.A.
Mello,M.T.
Del Giglio,S.
Pompeia,C.
Tufik,S.
author2_role author
author
author
author
author
dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Pires,M.L.N.
Benedito-Silva,A.A.
Mello,M.T.
Del Giglio,S.
Pompeia,C.
Tufik,S.
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv Sleep
Sleep disorders
Insomnia
Diurnal sleepiness
Parasomnias
Epidemiology
Sleep habits
topic Sleep
Sleep disorders
Insomnia
Diurnal sleepiness
Parasomnias
Epidemiology
Sleep habits
description This study compares the prevalence of complaints of insomnia, excessive diurnal sleepiness, parasomnias, and sleep habits of the adult population in the city of São Paulo, Brazil, estimated in surveys carried out in 1987 and 1995. Representative samples of 1000 adult residents per survey were interviewed using a validated structured sleep questionnaire, the "UNIFESP Sleep Questionnaire". Difficulty maintaining sleep, difficulty initiating sleep and early morning awakening, occurring at least three times a week, were reported in 1987 and 1995, by 15.8/27.6, 13.9/19.1, and 10.6/14.2% of the interviewees, respectively, significantly increasing throughout time. These sleep problems were more often found among women. Frequencies of excessive diurnal sleepiness and sleep attacks were unchanged comparing 1987 with 1995 (4.5 vs 3.8 and 3.1 vs 3.0%, respectively). Parasomnia complaints remained unchanged, with the exception of leg cramps, which doubled in prevalence from 1987 to 1995 (2.6 to 5.8%). Snoring was the most common parasomnia (21.5% in 1995), reported more often by men than by women, and somnambulism was the least common (approximately 1%). Besides sleeping slightly less, interviewees went to bed and woke up later in 1995. Approximately 12% of the subjects in both surveys had consulted a physician due to sleep problems and 3.0% reported habitual use of sleep-promoting substances in 1995. Overall, there was a significant increase in insomnia complaints from 1987 to 1995 in the general population of the city of São Paulo. This major change over a little under a decade should be considered as an important public health issue.
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