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Washington -- March 22, 2005 -- An enormous gap exists between the prevalence of insomnia and the actual management of people with the condition, investigators said here at a workshop entitled, "Open Your Eyes to Sleep", sponsored by Sanofi-Synthelabo.

"While roughly 20 to 30 percent of adults worldwide suffer from insomnia, less than 50 percent of them will be diagnosed with the condition," said Dr. Goran Hajak, professor of psychiatry at the University of Regensburg in Regensburg, Germany.

A major reason for poor recognition of insomnia is that patients often do not speak to the doctor about their problem, he explained. In a recent German survey, only 46 percent of chronic insomniacs and 25 percent of occasional insomniacs reported that they had discussed their insomnia with a physician. Furthermore, only 5 percent of patients had sought help specifically for insomnia.
The survey also found that patients were hesitant to discuss insomnia with t  read more...