Research Article

Residual Effects of Sleep Medications Are Commonly Reported and Associated with Impaired Patient-Reported Outcomes among Insomnia Patients in the United States

Table 1

Respondent characteristics.

Current user
%

Age (Mean, SD)52.0612.7
Age (10-year brackets)
 Under 25271.7
 25–341489.2
 35–4425616.0
 45–5442926.7
 55–6447229.4
 65–7423814.8
 75 and older352.2
Female126078.5%
Non-white20312.6%
Completed college79149.3%
Annual household income
 Below $25k35622.2%
 $25–<50k39724.7%
 $50–<75k28117.5%
 $75k and above48130.0%
 Decline to answer905.6%
Employed77848.5%
BMI (Mean, SD)26.66.6
BMI (categories)
 Underweight392.4%
 Normal54433.9%
 Overweight47229.4%
 Obese (up to 35)24815.5%
 Obese (over 35)20012.5%
 Decline to answer1026.4%
Alcohol use105065.4%
Current smoker 38724.1%
Exercise in previous month101863.4%
Psychiatric comorbidities
 Alcoholism603.7%
 GAD or SAD51031.8%
 Depression80250.0%
 Schizophrenia16910.5%
 Bipolar disorder17010.6%
 Fibromyalgia22113.8%
Diagnosing doctor
 General Practitioner/Family
 Practitioner/Internist
107567.0
 Psychiatrist35822.3
 Sleep Specialist1036.4
 Other694.3
Prescribing doctor
 General Practitioner/Family
 Practitioner/Internist
113270.5
 Psychiatrist36322.6
 Sleep Specialist332.1
 Other774.8
Current sleep medication
 Benzodiazepine33120.6%
 Z-drug80950.4%
 Antidepressant33520.9%
 Other1308.1%
Still using first sleep medication34121.2%