Insomnia in patients with coronary heart disease: prevalence and correlates.

ABSTRACT:

Study objectives

The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of insomnia and its association with clinical and psychosocial factors in a large sample of outpatients with coronary heart disease.

Methods

The sample comprised 1,082 patients, mean age 62 years (21% female), who participated in the cross-sectional NORwegian CORonary Prevention Study. Patients who were hospitalized with myocardial infarction and/or a coronary revascularization procedure in 2011-2014 responded to a self-report questionnaire and participated in a clinical examination with blood samples 2-36 (mean, 16) months later. Insomnia was assessed using the Bergen Insomnia Scale, a questionnaire based on the criteria for the clinical diagnosis of insomnia as described in the Diagnostic and Statistica

SUBMITTER: Frojd LA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8320477 | biostudies-literature | 2021 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature