insomnia
Let an agent explain insomnia and its types and causes, relay sleep hygiene and treatment guidance from health bodies, describe assessment in general terms, and route personal medical questions to clinicians.
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Purpose and description
Let an agent explain insomnia and its types and causes, relay sleep hygiene and treatment guidance from health bodies, describe assessment in general terms, and route personal medical questions to clinicians.
A sleep disorder characterised by difficulty falling asleep, staying asleep or waking too early despite adequate opportunity, causing daytime impairment, classified as transient or short-term and persistent or chronic, as primary or associated with conditions such as sleep apnoea, and assessed by history and sleep diaries; insomnia is common, is treated with cognitive behavioural therapy as the recommended first-line approach and sometimes medication, and is addressed through sleep hygiene guidance from health bodies.
What it is for: Difficulty sleeping with daytime impairment.
It can be explain types and causes; relay guidance; describe assessment; route personal questions.
Distinguishing features
Sleep difficulty
Daytime impairment
Duration classes
Behavioural treatment
What it looks like
Not physical; reported sleep difficulty.
How it is recognised
Difficulty initiating or maintaining sleep
Transient or chronic
Sleep apnoea is a breathing disorder; short sleep by choice is not insomnia
Related models
is a kind of - category
is related to - a common contributing factor
is related to - a related symptom
is related to - medications used in treatment
In practice
Families and kinds
transient and short-term insomnia
chronic insomnia
primary insomnia
insomnia with sleep apnoea or other conditions
hyposomnia and related patterns
Standards and regulation
Clinical guidelines for insomnia
Medicines regulation for hypnotics
Sleep medicine professional standards
Failure modes and hazards
Agents giving personal medical advice
Overreliance on medication
Missing underlying conditions
Also called
Where this came from
wikidata · CC0 1.0
Also registered as vr.tr.insomnia
Drafted structure
Bundle to layer to finding to question, as the second pass will find it: 4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions.
Understand What insomnia is.
General information.
Types
Types and causes.
Types
Types.
- What are the types of insomnia, and what causes and perpetuates them? definition
- Is the user asking about their own sleep, which needs a clinician for persistent problems? boundary
Assessment
Assessment.
Assessment
Assessment.
- How is insomnia assessed with history, sleep diaries and, when needed, sleep studies, according to guidelines? provenance
- Which entry fits sleep medicine? action
Manage Management.
Guidance.
Hygiene
Sleep hygiene.
Hygiene
Hygiene.
- What sleep hygiene measures do health bodies recommend? provenance
- Which entry fits sleep hygiene? action
Treatment
Treatment.
Treatment
Treatment.
- What do guidelines say about cognitive behavioural therapy for insomnia and about medication? provenance
- Is urgent care needed, for example with severe distress? boundary
Context Related conditions and effects.
Health.
Conditions
Related conditions.
Conditions
Conditions.
- How does insomnia relate to sleep apnoea, depression, anxiety and pain? provenance
- Which entry fits a specific condition? action
Effects
Effects.
Effects
Effects.
- What are the effects of insomnia on health, safety and work, according to research? provenance
- Which findings are uncertain? boundary
Learn Epidemiology and history.
Education.
Epidemiology
Epidemiology.
Epidemiology
Epidemiology.
- How common is insomnia, and how does it vary by age and group? provenance
- Which references are standard? provenance
History
History.
History
History.
- How has understanding and treatment of insomnia developed? provenance
- Which misconceptions arise? provenance
What the second pass must settle
- Should chronic insomnia be a separate entry?
- How should guidelines be linked?
- How should sleep services be linked?