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GP Clinical: Viewpoint - Primary sleep disorders.
Sleep disorders are undiagnosed and may be inappropriately treated. Dr Neil Stanley offers his advice.
[TX] Sleep disorders are one of the most frequent health problems. Approximately 27 per cent of women and 14 per cent of men have sleeplessness, and a further 31 per cent of women and 21 per cent of men have daytime sleepiness.
But only half of doctors have had any training in sleep medicine and the average time spent learning about sleep in seven years of training is five minutes.
Despite this, GPs should not feel overwhelmed. Many sleep disorders are not as difficult to diagnose and treat correctly as you may think.
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