People with insomnia: experiences with sedative hypnotics and risk perception.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Sedative hypnotics form an important part of managing insomnia and are recommended for short-term use. It is standard practice for clinicians to inform the patient to use medications only 'when required', but the use of these medications is often chronic. Little is known about the impact of standard labelling/instructions on promoting appropriate medication use for managing insomnia.

Objective

To explore patient medication-taking beliefs, experiences and behavioural practices relating to the use of pharmacological/complementary sleep aids for insomnia.

Setting and participants

Specialist sleep/psychology clinics and the general community in Sydney, Australia.

Method

Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 51 people with insomnia using a schedu

SUBMITTER: Cheung JM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5042066 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature