Patterns of concomitant prescription, over-the-counter and natural sleep aid use over a 12-month period: a population based study.

ABSTRACT: Concomitant patterns of sleep aid use may provide insight for understanding the transition to chronic sleep medication use. Therefore, we sought to characterize the trajectories of concomitant natural product (NP), over-the-counter (OTC), and prescribed (Rx) sleep aid use in a population-based sample over 12-months. Self-reported data on the use of NP, OTC, and Rx sleep aids were extracted from a Canadian longitudinal study on the natural history of insomnia (N = 3416, M age = 49.7 ± 14.7 years old; 62% women) at baseline, 6-month, and 12-month. Latent class growth modeling was used to identify latent class trajectories using MPlus Version 7. Participants completed a battery of clinical measures: Ford Insomnia Response to Stress Test, abbreviated Dysfunctional Beliefs and Attitudes about S

SUBMITTER: Cheung JMY 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8598195 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature