Economic burden of insomnia symptoms in Canada.
Sleep Health
; 9(2): 185-189, 2023 04.
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ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE:
To estimate health care and productivity costs associated with insomnia symptoms in Canadian adults.METHODS:
Three pieces of information were needed to calculate estimates based on a prevalence-basedapproach:
(1) the pooled relative risk estimates of health outcomes consistently associated with insomnia symptoms obtained from recent meta-analyses of prospective cohort studies; (2) the direct (health care) and indirect (lost productivity due to premature mortality) costs of these health outcomes using the Economic Burden of Illness in Canada information; and (3) the prevalence of insomnia symptoms in Canadian men (18.1%) and women (29.5%) obtained from a nationally-representative survey.RESULTS:
The direct, indirect, and total costs of insomnia symptoms in Canada in 2021 were $1.9 billion, $12.6 million, and $1.9 billion, respectively. This value represents 1.9% of the overall burden of illness costs for 2021 in Canada. The 2 most expensive chronic diseases attributable to insomnia symptoms were type 2 diabetes ($754 million) and depression ($706 million). The main contributor to the costs for type 2 diabetes and depression was prescription drugs. A 5% decrease in insomnia symptoms (from 23.8% to 18.8%) would result in an estimated $353 million in avoided costs while a 5% increase in insomnia symptoms (from 23.8% to 28.8%) would result in an estimated $333 million in additional expenditures yearly.CONCLUSIONS:
Insomnia symptoms greatly contribute to the economic burden of illness in Canada. Reducing the prevalence of insomnia symptoms would reduce its societal burden.Palavras-chave
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01-internacional
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Diabetes Mellitus Tipo 2
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Distúrbios do Início e da Manutenção do Sono
Tipo de estudo:
Diagnostic_studies
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Etiology_studies
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Health_economic_evaluation
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Observational_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Limite:
Adult
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Female
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Humans
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Male
País/Região como assunto:
America do norte
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Sleep Health
Ano de publicação:
2023
Tipo de documento:
Article