Titre :
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Prevalence, types and possible causes of insomnia in a swiss remand prison. (2004)
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Auteurs :
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ELGER (Bernice-S) : CHE. Médecine pénitentiaire et Institut universitaire de médecine légale. Geneva.
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Type de document :
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Article
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Dans :
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European journal of epidemiology (vol. 19, n° 7, 2004)
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Pagination :
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665-677
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Langues:
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Anglais
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Mots-clés :
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Prévalence
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Epidémiologie
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Facteur
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Prison
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Homme
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Suisse
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Europe
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Trouble sommeil
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Système nerveux [pathologie]
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Résumé :
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[BDSP. Notice produite par INIST-CNRS R0xLvyOo. Diffusion soumise à autorisation]. Study objectives : To determine the prevalence of insomnia complaints and possible causes among prisoners. Design : Prospective study of medical consultations during 1 year (questionnaire A) to identify reasons for consultation and diagnoses. After this year we compared the medical records (questionnaire B) of 112 non-substance misusing (NSM) insomniac prisoners identified through questionnaire A with the records of 103 NSM prisoners without insomnia complaint. Setting : Outpatient service of the remand prison in Geneva, Switzerland. Patients : 995 prisoners. Interventions : None. Measurements and results : The general practitioners returned completed questionnaires A for 92% (n=2772) of the consultations (995 patients). Using questionnaire A and B, we identified 112 NSM insomnia patients. Among these, chronic forms of insomnia were more common than transitory insomnia (
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