Insomnia: clinical features
Written and reviewed by Dr Ibrahim Imam, Consultant Neurologist. Last reviewed .
Insomnia: clinical features. There is a disturbance of sleep onset or maintenance, or poor sleep quality. Fully referenced neurology checklist.
Diagnostic criteria
- There is a disturbance of sleep onset or maintenance, or poor sleep quality
- It occurs ≥3 times a week for 1 month in non-organic insomnia
- It occurs ≥3 times a week for 3 months for chronic insomnia
- There is extreme focus and worry over the sleep disorder
- There is associated impairment of daily activities and suffering
Sleep-related impairments
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Daytime impairments
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Neuropsychiatric complications
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Systemic complications
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Synonym
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References
- Riemann D, Baglioni C, Bassetti C, et al. European guideline for the diagnosis and treatment of insomnia. J Sleep Res 2017; 26:675-700.
- Wilson SJ, Nutt DJ, Argyropoulos SV, et al. British Association for Psychopharmacology consensus statement on evidence-based treatment of insomnia, parasomnias and circadian rhythm disorders. J Psychopharmacol 2010; 24:1577-1600.
- Bollu PC, Kaur H. Sleep medicine: insomnia and sleep. Mo Med 2019; 116:68-75.
