Clinical profile of menopausal insomniac women referred to sleep laboratory

References

• Kravitz HM, Ganz PA, Bromberger J, Powell LH, Sutton-Tyrrell K, Meyer PM. Sleep difficulty in women at midlife: a community survey of sleep and the menopausal transition. Menopause 2003; 10: 19–28
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Campos HH, Bittencourt LR, Haidar MA, Tufik S, Baracat EC. Prevalência de distúrbios do sono na pós-menopausa. Rev Bras Ginecol Obstet 2005; 27: 71–8
   Google Scholar
• Mold JW, Woolley JH, Nagykaldi Z. Associations between night sweats and other sleep disturbances: an OKPRN study. Ann Fam Med 2006; 4: 423–6
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Ohayon MM. Severe hot flashes are associated with chronic insomnia. Arch Intern Med 2006; 166: 1262–8
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Freedman RR, Roehrs TA. Lack of sleep disturbance from menopausal hot flashes. Fertil Steril 2004; 82: 138–44
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Freedman RR, Roehrs TA. Sleep disturbance in menopause. Menopause. 2007; 14: 826–9
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Guilleminault C, Palombini L, Poyares D, Chowdhuri S. Chronic insomnia, postmenopausal women, and sleep disordered breathing: part 1. Frequency of sleep disordered breathing in a cohort. J Psychosom Res 2002; 53: 611–5
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Hachul de Campos H, Brandao LC, D'Almeida V, Grego BH, Bittencourt LR, Tufik S, et al. Sleep disturbances, oxidative stress and cardiovascular risk parameters in postmenopausal women complaining of insomnia. Climacteric 2006; 9: 312–9
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Hachul H, Bittencourt LR, Andersen ML, Haidar MA, Baracat EC, Tufik S. Effects of hormone therapy with estrogen and/or progesterone on sleep pattern in postmenopausal women. Int J Gynaecol Obstet. 2008; 103: 207–12
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Kuh DL, Wadsworth M, Hardy R. Women's health in midlife: the influence of the menopause, social factors and health in earlier life. Br J Obstet Gynaecol 1997; 104: 923–33
   PubMedGoogle Scholar
• von Muhlen DG, Kritz-Silverstein D, Barrett-Connor E. A community-based study of menopause symptoms and estrogen replacement in older women. Maturitas 1995; 22: 71–8
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Lai JN, Chen HJ, Chen CM, Chen PC, Wang JD. Quality of life and climacteric complaints amongst women seeking medical advice in Taiwan: assessment using the WHOQOL-BREF questionnaire. Climacteric 2006; 9: 119–28
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Erlik Y, Tataryn IV, Meldrum DR, Lomax P, Bajorek JG, Judd HL. Association of waking episodes with menopausal hot flushes. JAMA 1981; 245: 1741–4
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Moe KE. Hot flashes and sleep in women. Sleep Med Rev 2004; 8: 487–97
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Soules MR, Sherman S, Parrott E, Rebar R, Santoro N, Utian W, et al. Stages of Reproductive Aging Workshop (STRAW). J Womens Health Gend Based Med 2001; 10: 843–8
   PubMedGoogle Scholar
• Boulet MJ, Oddens BJ, Lehert P, Vemer HM, Visser A. Climacteric and menopause in seven South-east Asian countries. Maturitas 1994; 19: 157–76
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Woodward S, Freedman RR. The thermoregulatory effects of menopausal hot flashes on sleep. Sleep 1994; 17: 497–501
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Shaver J, Giblin E, Lentz M, Lee K. Sleep patterns and stability in perimenopausal women. Sleep 1988; 11: 556–61
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Asplund R, Aberg HE. Body mass index and sleep in women aged 40 to 64 years. Maturitas 1995; 22: 1–8
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Ancoli-Israel S. The impact and prevalence of chronic insomnia and other sleep disturbances associated with chronic illness. Am J Manag Care 2006; 12: S221–9
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Taylor DJ, Mallory LJ, Lichstein KL, Durrence HH, Riedel BW, Bush AJ. Comorbidity of chronic insomnia with medical problems. Sleep 2007; 30: 213–8
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Wesstrom J, Nilsson S, Sundstrom-Poromaa I, Ulfberg J. Restless legs syndrome among women: prevalence, comorbidity and possible relationship to menopause. Climacteric. 2008; 11:422–8.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Young T, Rabago D, Zgierska A, Austin D, Laurel F. Objective and subjective sleep quality in premenopausal, perimenopausal, and postmenopausal women in the Wisconsin Sleep Cohort Study. Sleep 2003; 26: 667–72
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Shin C, Lee S, Lee T, Shin K, Yi H, Kimm K, et al. Prevalence of insomnia and its relationship to menopausal status in middle-aged Korean women. Psychiatry Clin Neurosci 2005; 59: 395–402
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Polo-Kantola P, Erkkola R. Sleep and the menopause. J Br Menopause Soc 2004; 10: 145–50
   PubMedGoogle Scholar
• Foley DJ, Monjan AA, Brown SL, Simonsick EM, Wallace RB, Blazer DG. Sleep complaints among elderly persons: an epidemiologic study of three communities. Sleep 1995; 18: 425–32
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Andersen ML, Bittencourt LR, Antunes IB, Tufik S. Effects of progesterone on sleep: a possible pharmacological treatment for sleep-breathing disorders?. Curr Med Chem 2006; 13: 3575–82
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar