RT Book, Section
A1 Scammell, Thomas E.
A1 Saper, Clifford B.
A1 Czeisler, Charles A.
A2 Jameson, J. Larry
A2 Fauci, Anthony S.
A2 Kasper, Dennis L.
A2 Hauser, Stephen L.
A2 Longo, Dan L.
A2 Loscalzo, Joseph
SR Print(0)
ID 1190791248
T1 Sleep Disorders
T2 Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine, 20e
YR 2018
FD 2018
PB McGraw-Hill Education
PP New York, NY
SN 9781259644016
LK accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1190791248
RD 2024/04/20
AB Disturbed  sleep  is  one  of  the  most  common  health  complaints  that  physicians  encounter.  More  than  one-half  of  adults  in  the  United  States  experience  at  least  intermittent  sleep  disturbance,  and  only  30%  of  adult  Americans  report  consistently  obtaining  a  sufficient  amount  of  sleep.  The  National  Academy  of  Medicine  has  estimated  that  50–70  million  Americans  suffer  from  a  chronic  disorder  of  sleep  and  wakefulness,  which  can  adversely  affect  daytime  functioning  as  well  as  physical  and  mental  health.  A  high  prevalence  of  sleep  disorders  across  all  cultures  is  also  now  increasingly  recognized,  and  these  problems  are  expected  to  further  increase  in  the  years  ahead  as  the  global  population  ages.  Over  the  last  20  years,  the  field  of  sleep  medicine  has  emerged  as  a  distinct  specialty  in  response  to  the  impact  of  sleep  disorders  and  sleep  deficiency  on  overall  health.  Nonetheless,  over  80%  of  patients  with  sleep  disorders  remain  undiagnosed  and  untreated—costing  the  U.S.  economy  over  $400  billion  annually  in  increased  health  care  costs,  lost  productivity,  accidents  and  injuries,  and  leading  to  the  development  of  workplace-based  sleep  health  education  and  sleep  disorders  screening  programs  designed  to  address  this  unmet  medical  need.