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Ingeborg Forthun

Norwegian Institute of Public Health

Norway

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2026

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2025

Background Sleep problems are common in the general population, but there are few studies on the prevalence of sleep problems and hypnotic use among patients in general practice. Objectives To estimate the prevalence of insomnia (based on the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders [DSM], version 5), self-reported sleep problems and hypnotic use among patients in general practice, and explore whether the prevalence depended on patient characteristics. Methods A cross-sectional study with questionnaire data collected by 114 final-year medical students while deployed in different general practices in Norway during 2020. A total of 1,848 consecutive and unselected patients (response rate 85.2%) visiting their general practitioners (GPs) completed a one-page questionnaire, that included the validated Bergen Insomnia Scale (BIS), questions on for how long they have had a sleep problem, hypnotic use, and background characteristics. Associations were estimated using a modified Poisson regression model. Results The prevalence of chronic insomnia according to BIS was 48.3%, while 46.9% reported chronic sleep problems (sleep problems of ≥3 months) and 17.8% reported hypnotic use. Females, patients with low compared with higher education, and patients who slept shorter or longer than 7–8 h, had higher risk of chronic insomnia disorder (CID), chronic self-reported sleep problems (CSP), and hypnotic use. The oldest age group (≥65 years) had lower risk of chronic insomnia compared with the youngest (18–34) but twice the probability of hypnotic use. Conclusions CID, CSP, and hypnotic use were prevalent among patients visiting their GP. Insomnia can be effectively treated and deserves more attention among GPs.

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2022

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Vikash Ranjan Keshri

Associate Professor

O.P. Jindal Global University

Ingeborg Forthun

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A debatable representation of all-cause mortality in Norway in 2024

Value of caregivers report at six months of age in predicting cerebral palsy - A prospective cohort study

Adverse childhood experiences and personality traits associate with excessive fatigue in Norwegian nurses

Burden of 375 diseases and injuries, risk-attributable burden of 88 risk factors, and healthy life expectancy in 204 countries and territories, including 660 subnational locations, 1990–2023: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2023

Geographical and socio-economic inequalities in years of life lost across Norwegian municipalities and city districts in 2019: an ecological registry-based study

Prevalence of insomnia and hypnotic use in Norwegian patients visiting their general practitioner

Collaborators (104)

Vikash Ranjan Keshri

Muktar Ahmed

Konstantinos Kotsis

Akshaya Bhagavathula

Áurea Madureira-Carvalho

Xiaoyue Xu

Ralph Akyea

Peter William Stubbs

Haosu Tang

Omer Subasi

Yusuf Saleem Khan

Davide Golinelli

Lucie Laflamme

Priyadarshini Bhattacharjee

Amr Amin

Ulric Abonie

Sandra Barteit

AKM Azad

Luís Belo

Abu Sarwar Zamani

Hosam Alzahrani

Sezer Kisa

Steffan Christensen

Sheikh Alif

Emeka W. Dumbili

Shankar Bakkannavar

Mario Virgilio Papa

Chulwoo Park

Graeme Hankey

Quynh Xuan Nguyen Truong

Yasir Waheed

Daniel Weiss

Mai Thi Ngoc Tran

David B Anderson

Ashanul Haque

Dauda Salihu

MOHAMMAD AHMMAD MAHMOUD AL ZOUBI

Payam Tabaee Damavandi

Angelo Capodici

Andrew Awuah Wireko

Rahman Shiri

Jennifer Dunne

Muhammad Shahzad Aslam

Orla Deegan

Tamás Lantos

Mubarak Taiwo Mustapha

Richard Burns

Xiaoqi Feng

Senbagam Duraisamy

Arão Oliveira

Jazlan Jamaluddin

John Ji

MICHAEL BELINGHERI

Desireé LaGrappe

Garland Culbreth

Stefania Mondello

Ellina Lytvyak

Joht Chandan

Carl Baravelli

Lisa C Adams

Mayson H. Alkhatib

Sameh S. M. Soliman

Qazi Mohammad Sajid Jamal

Jack Cagney

Muhammad Chutiyami

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