Dongguk University Researchers Release New Data on Sleep Disorders (Prevalence and Treatment Patterns of Sleep Disorders in the Under 20 Population: analysis using a national health insurance claims database): Sleep Diseases and Conditions – Sleep Disorders

2022 OCT 07 (NewsRx) -- By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Health & Medicine Business Daily -- Data detailed on sleep disorders have been presented. According to news reporting from Gyeongju, South Korea, by NewsRx journalists, research stated, “Child and adolescent sleep is an important factor for brain and physical development. Therefore, it is necessary to investigate the prevalence of sleep disorders and nonorganic sleep disorders in children and adolescents and determine the type of utilization of medical institutions.”

Our news journalists obtained a quote from the research from Dongguk University: “This study analyzed the prevalence and type of medical institutions in Korean children and adolescents with sleep disorders and nonorganic sleep disorders. This study used data recorded in the Health Insurance Review and Assessment- National Patient Sample (HIRA-NPS) database from 2010 to 2017. Details of medical institution type and patient’s sex, age, and treatment type were extracted for patients younger than 20 years with sleep disorders and nonorganic sleep disorders. Among 2,536,478 patients under age 20, we identified 3,772 patients with sleep disorders or nonorganic sleep disorders. From 2010 to 2017, the prevalence of sleep disorders in children and adolescents was 0.07% to 0.09%. The utilization rate of Korean medical institutions was 30.47%. The prevalence of nonorganic sleep disorders and the utilization rate of Korean medical institutions were 0.06% to 0.08% and 45.99%, respectively.”

According to the news reporters, the research concluded: “The prevalence of sleep disorders and nonorganic sleep disorders in the under- 20 population was 0.14% to 0.16%. More than 70% of patients with nonorganic sleep disorder who were younger than 9 years used Korean medical institutions.”

For more information on this research see: Prevalence and Treatment Patterns of Sleep Disorders in the Under 20 Population: analysis using a national health insurance claims database. Journal of Pharmacopuncture, 2022,25(3):276-289. (Journal of Pharmacopuncture - http://journal.ac). The publisher for Journal of Pharmacopuncture is Korean Pharmacopuncture Institute.

A free version of this journal article is available at https://doi.org/10.3831/KPI.2022.25.3.276.

Our news editors report that additional information may be obtained by contacting Jang Won Lee, Department of Preventive Medicine, College of Korean Medicine, Dongguk University, Gyeongju, South Korea. Additional authors for this research include Jinseub Hwang, Min Kyung Hyun. Our reports deliver fact-based news of research and discoveries from around the world.