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1) Insomnia is defined as difficulty initiating or maintaining sleep, leading to impaired daytime functioning. It can be transient, acute, or chronic. 2) Factors that can contribute to insomnia include lifestyle habits, poor sleep environment, working night shifts, alcohol/drug use, caffeine, and certain medications. 3) Symptoms of insomnia include difficulty falling asleep, waking frequently during the night, waking too early, and unrefreshing sleep. This can negatively impact mood, concentration, performance, health, and quality of life. 4) Treatment options include lifestyle and behavior changes, relaxation techniques, cognitive-behavioral therapy, sleep medications, and complementary medicines. Maintaining good sleep hygiene is
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Define insomnia and its impact on daily functioning. Affects all ages, more common in adults and women.
Discuss types of insomnia: transient, acute, and chronic. Explore lifestyle factors, substance use, and medications.
Discuss types of insomnia: transient, acute, and chronic. Explore lifestyle factors, substance use, and medications.
Highlight statistics: sleep reduction over 100 years, prevalence of insomnia (30%), and its symptoms related to depression, stress.
List symptoms: unrefreshing sleep, daytime drowsiness, impact on mood and concentration, increased accident risk.
Outline diagnostic criteria: sleep history, medical examination, and self-assessment questions.
Discuss treatment alternatives: lifestyle changes, medications, behavioral therapies, and practices for better sleep hygiene.
Present statistical data on demographics related to insomnia responses and sleep duration opinions.
Emphasize the necessity of adequate sleep, particularly for students in the context of research findings.
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all about insomnia
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- 3. Insomnia is definedas difficulty initiating or maintaining sleep , or both , despite adequate opportunity and time to sleep , leading to impaired daytime functioning . Insomnia may be due to poor quality or quantity of sleep .
- 4. Insomnia affects peopleof all ages including children , although it is more common in adults and its frequency increases with age . In general , women are affected more frequently than men .
- 6. Transient insomnia occurs whensymptoms lasts from a few days to some weeks. Acute insomnia also called short-term insomnia. Symptoms persist for several weeks. Chronic insomnia this type lasts for at least months, and sometimes years side effects or symptoms of some other problem.
- 8. Sleep in different time at night Others factor POORSLEEP AND Poor sleeping environment LIFESTYLE Media technology in the bedroom HABITS Not get enough exercise Working evening or night shifts
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- 10. Other medication Diet pills example: herb orsupplements
- 13. STATISTICS GENERAL INSOMNIA STATISTICS Peopletoday sleep 20% less than they did 100 years ago. More than 30% of the population suffers from insomnia. One in three people suffer from some form of insomnia during their lifetime. More than half of Americans lose sleep due to stress and/or anxiety
- 14. Between 40% and60% of people over the age of 60 suffer from insomnia. Women are up to twice as likely to suffer from insomnia than men. Approximately 35% of insomniacs have a family history of insomnia. 90% of people who suffer from depression also experience insomnia. Approximately 10 million people in the U.S. use prescription sleep aids.
- 15. People who sufferfrom sleep deprivation are 27% more likely to become overweight or obese. There is also a link between weight gain and sleep apnoea. A National Sleep Foundation Poll shows that 60% of people have driven while feeling sleepy (and 37% admit to having fallen asleep at the wheel) in the past year. A recent Consumer Reports survey showed the top reason couples gave for avoiding sex was "too tired or need sleep."
- 18. Difficulty falling Difficulty asleep returning tosleep Waking up frequently during Waking up too early in the morning the night SYMPTOMS Unrefreshing sleep Daytime sleepines Difficulty concentrating Irritability
- 19. Incresed risk of accident Havelow quality of life Concentration and performance disturbed
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- 23. If you think youmay have insomnia, ask yourself the following questions: •Do you wake up during the night and find that you cannot fall back asleep? •Do you lie in bed, tossing and turning for hours each night? •Do you dread going to bed because you feel like you never get a good night’s sleep? •Do you wake up feeling unrepressed after sleeping? •Does the problem occur even though you have the opportunity and the time to get a good night’s sleep?
- 24. TREATMENT behaviour and lifestyle changes, • relaxationexercises • positive thinking with cognitivebehavioural therapy • lifestyle changes medicines • sleeping pills complementary medicines • valerian • melatonin
- 25. SELF-TREATMENT : Avoid or limitcaffeine, nicotine, and alcohol Check all of your medicines with your doctor Make exercise a regular part of your life Use the evening hours for settling down Keep your bedroom quiet, dark, and cool
- 26. WAY TO OVERCOMEINSOMNIA Relaxation techniques, such as yoga, meditation, and guided imagery may be especially helpful in preparing the body to sleep. Exercise, done early in the day, can also be helpful in reducing stress and promoting deeper sleep. Behavioral therapies alone may not be enough. Treating insomnia with medication is the most common treatment for these sleep problems, particularly once a combination of behavioral approaches has been tried. Sleep medications for the treatment of insomnia are called hypnotics
- 27. Practicing good sleephygiene may improve the quality of your sleep. Use the bed and bedroom for sleep and sex only Establish a regular bedtime routine and a regular sleep-wake schedule Do not eat or drink too much close to bedtime Create a sleep-promoting environment that is dark, cool and comfortable Avoid disturbing noises – consider a bedside fan or white-noise machine to block out disturbing sounds
- 28. Consume less orno caffeine, particularly late in the day Avoid alcohol and nicotine, especially close to bedtime Exercise, but not within three hours before bedtime Avoid naps, particularly in the late afternoon or evening Keep a sleep diary to identify your sleep habits and patterns that you can share with your doctor
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- 31. Ages 22% 27% 21% 30% 7-18 years old 19-25years old 26-35 years old 36 years old and above
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- 33. BEST 4 hour 5 hour 6hour 7 hour and above
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- 36. As the conclusionfrom our research…we as normal people need an enough sleep especially as a student…..