Researchers at Korea Institute of Oriental Medicine Release New Data on Sleep Disorders (Elevated prevalence and treatment of sleep disorders from 2011 to 2020: a nationwide population-based retrospective cohort study in Korea): Sleep Diseases and Conditions – Sleep Disorders

2024 FEB 16 (NewsRx) -- By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Insurance Daily News -- Research findings on sleep disorders are discussed in a new report. According to news reporting originating from the Korea Institute of Oriental Medicine by NewsRx correspondents, research stated, “This study used National Health Insurance claims data from Korea to report the prevalence of sleep disorders and treatment status, including traditional Korean medicine, in the last 10 years. This is a retrospective cohort study in Korea.”

Financial supporters for this research include Korea Institute of Oriental Medicine.

Our news correspondents obtained a quote from the research from Korea Institute of Oriental Medicine: “All diagnosis and prescription data, including herbal medicine claims, from the Health Insurance Review and Assessment Service from 2011 to 2020 were reviewed. Prevalence estimation, direct medical expenses and prescribed amounts for sleep disorders were recorded. The prevalence of sleep disorders increased from 3 867 975 (7.62%) in 2011 to 7 446 846 (14.41%) in 2020, nearly doubling over 10 years. Insomnia was observed in 91.44% (n=9 011 692) of the patients. The mean number of hospital visits per patient for sleep disorders was 11.5 (±26.62). Benzodiazepines are the most commonly prescribed medications for sleep disorders, and gamma-isoyosan is the most frequently prescribed herbal medicine.”

According to the news reporters, the research concluded: “Sleep disorders are continuously increasing, as is the use of medical services-personal and social medical expenses are also increasing accordingly. Sleep disorders should be recognised as a significant health problem that needs to be actively addressed to improve quality of life.”

For more information on this research see: Elevated prevalence and treatment of sleep disorders from 2011 to 2020: a nationwide population-based retrospective cohort study in Korea. BMJ Open, 2024,14(2). (BMJ Open - http://bmjopen.bmj.com/). The publisher for BMJ Open is BMJ Publishing Group.

A free version of this journal article is available at https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2023-075809.

Our news editors report that more information may be obtained by contacting Younghwa Baek, Future Medicine Division, Korea Institute of Oriental Medicine, Daejeon, Korea (the Republic of). Additional authors for this research include Siwoo Lee, Ji-Eun Park, Eunkyoung Ahn, Hee-Jeong Jin.

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