This has created a significant deficit in our current medical system. A study done in 1990 demonstrated that an average of only two hours are spent during the four years of medical school teaching medical students anything about sleep. Unfortunately, most physicians have not been trained to deal with these common problems. Unfortunately, Sleep, a process which consumes about one third of our life and which has a spectrum of abnormalities which can hinder our daily living, has received so little attention in our medical education system. These figures do not even take into account the added morbidity caused by the physiologic impact from sleep disorders. The indirect cost of sleep disorders is estimated at 41 billion dollars per year from lost productivity, 17 to 27 billion dollars per year from motor vehicle accidents, 7 billion dollars per year in work-related accidents and 2 to 4 billion dollars per year in home and public accidents (Stoller MK Clin Ther 1994:16 873-897). These problems range from difficulty falling asleep, known as insomnia, to excessive daytime sleepiness. (Click Here to open this document in a separate window)Īpproximately one third of the population suffers from some type of sleep problem.
ĭirector, Sadler Clinic Sleep Disorders Center: Director, Comprehensive Sleep Medicine Associates, PA. The Clinical Approach to the Patient with a Sleep Complaint by Jerald H.
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