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Sleep disorders to 40% of adult Canadians according to a study from the Universite Laval researchers led by Dr. Charles M. Morin. At the 4th World Congress on medical work will sleep by Dr. Morin and his colleagues presented which runs from September 10-14 in Quebec City, Canada.

Dr. Morin team respondents one sample of 2,000 people across the country that draw a portrait of Canadians quality of sleep.

Their data showed that 40% of the respondents at least three times i.e. experienced one or more symptoms of insomnia a week in the previous month, had more than 30 minutes to fall asleep, is for a period longer than 30 minutes in the night awake or wake up at least 30 minutes before they had planned. 20% Of respondents also said they were not satisfied with the quality of sleep, and 13.4% of those displayed all symptoms required to diagnose insomnia.

Although many respondents experienced at least one symptom of insomnia, only 13% said that they had consulted a doctor about. The survey data showed that Canadians use prescription medicines (10%), natural products (9%), traded drugs (7%) or alcohol (5%) in the OTC market, to treat their sleep problems.

Surprisingly, the researchers observed that 9.5% of the francophone suffered under insomnia compared to 14.3% of native English speakers. However, French take more prescribed sedatives (13% vs. 9%) and natural products (16% and 7% respectively) as a Canadian speaking English.

"Many people suffer from insomnia are trying to handle the problem itself rather than the advice of a healthcare professional,", said Dr. Morin, Professor and researcher at the Université Laval School of psychology. He said "This is not a good idea, because we don't know the risks and benefits of products that have not approved by authorities for health".

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In addition to Charles M. Morin are co-authors of the study of Mélanie LeBlanc, Lynda Bélanger, Hans ivers and Chantal Mérette.
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