Comorbid insomnia and sleep apnea: assessment and management approaches

A Sweetman, L Lack, M Crawford… - Sleep Medicine …, 2022 - sleep.theclinics.com
Insomnia and obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) are the two most common sleep disorders and
frequently co-occur. 1 The co-occurrence of insomnia and OSA in the same person was first …

Do C-tactile afferents go to sleep? A potential role for somatosensory stimulation in sleep regulation

M Van Puyvelde, O Mairesse - Current Opinion in Behavioral Sciences, 2022 - Elsevier
Highlights•Co-slee** is a worldwide phenomenon irrespective of partner-induced
inconveniences.•Insomnia-related sleep problems are an overall difficulty to de-arouse and …

Hypnotic prescription trends and patterns for the treatment of insomnia in Japan: analysis of a nationwide Japanese claims database

S Okuda, ZP Qureshi, Y Yanagida, C Ito, Y Homma… - BMC psychiatry, 2023 - Springer
Background There is limited consensus regarding the optimal treatment of insomnia. The
recent introduction of orexin receptor antagonists (ORA) has increased the available …

Trends in prescription of psychotropic medications to children and adolescents in Australian primary care from 2011 to 2018

J Klau, CDO Bernardo… - Australian & New …, 2022 - journals.sagepub.com
Objective: To examine trends in prescribing psychotropic medications to children and
adolescents in Australian primary care from 2011 to 2018. Method: A retrospective cohort …

Long‐term benzodiazepines and z‐drug prescribing in Australian general practice between 2011 and 2018: a national study

A Woods, M Begum, D Gonzalez‐Chica… - Pharmacology …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Despite reducing benzodiazepine prescribing, benzodiazepine‐involving deaths have
substantially increased in Australia. This study aimed to explore patterns in long‐term …

Association between hospital-diagnosed sleep disorders and suicide: a nationwide cohort study

N Kjær Høier, T Madsen, AP Spira, K Hawton… - Sleep, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Abstract Study Objectives Sleep disorders are related to mental disorders. Yet few studies
have examined their association with suicide. We examined whether males and females …

Ten-year trends in psychotropic prescribing and polypharmacy in Australian general practice patients with and without dementia

WM Bezabhe, J Radford, MS Salahudeen… - Journal of Clinical …, 2023 - mdpi.com
Objective: Little research has evaluated trends in psychotropic prescribing and
polypharmacy in primary care patients, especially those with dementia. We sought to …

Predicted cardiovascular disease risk and prescribing of antihypertensive therapy among patients with hypertension in Australia using MedicineInsight

J Roseleur, DA Gonzalez-Chica, J Karnon… - Journal of Human …, 2023 - nature.com
Hypertension guidelines recommend that absolute cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk guide
the management of hypertensive patients. This study aimed to assess the proportion of …

Trends in prescriptions for insomnia in a province in China between 2015 and 2019

G Lou, Z Yu, L Chen, Y Zhou, L Zhang - Frontiers in psychiatry, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Background: The inappropriate use of pharmacological treatments for insomnia may
increase patients' risk of serious adverse events. However, few epidemiological studies on …

Sedative-hypnotics and osteoporotic fractures: A systematic review of observational studies with over six million individuals

C Xu, JCN Leung, J Shi, DH Lum, FTT Lai - Sleep Medicine Reviews, 2024 - Elsevier
We reviewed and meta-analyzed 20 observational studies to examine the relationship
between sedative-hypnotic use and osteoporotic fractures. We searched PubMed, Embase …