Free sleep disorder FactSheets
Intended use:
These free FactSheets have been created to help and inform Community Pharmacists about suspected sleep disorders.
They are evidence-based and independently created.
The aim is to help you to help patients.
Why it matters:
Sleep disorders are now at crisis levels.
Insomnia
Sleep disorders are now at crisis levels.
If we just look at insomnia, the NICE CKS states:
“Around a third of adults in Western countries experience sleep problems at least once a week with 6-10% fulfilling the criteria for insomnia disorder”.
https://cks.nice.org.uk/topics/insomnia/background-information/prevalence/ [new window]
The RAND Organisation [new window] produced the 2023 The societal and economic burden of insomnia in adults. Costing the UK an estimated £34 billion per year!
Sleep Apnoea
Obstructive Sleep Apnoea according the British Lung Foundation [pdf] is common, affecting an estimated 1.5 million adults in the UK, and yet up to 85% are undiagnosed, therefore untreated.
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