Nighttime Insomnia Symptoms and Perceived Health in the America Insomnia Survey (AIS)
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James K. Walsh, Catherine Coulouvrat, Goeran Hajak, Matthew Lakoma, Maria Petukhova, Thomas Roth
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The results suggest that core nighttime symptoms of insomnia are associated with different patterns of risk and perceived health and that symptom-based subtyping might have value.
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The extent to which nighttime insomnia symptoms are stable over time requires future long-term longitudinal study. Within the context of this limitation, the results suggest that core nighttime symptoms are associated with different patterns of risk and perceived health and that symptom-based subtyping might have value.
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