Familial Aggregation of Insomnia

Denise Jarrin , Charles M Morin , Amélie Rochefort , Hans Ivers , Yves Dauvilliers (1, 2) , Josée Savard , Mélanie Leblanc , Chantal Merette

1 PSNREC - Neuropsychiatrie : recherche épidémiologique et clinique
2 Département de neurologie [Montpellier]

There is little information about familial aggregation of insomnia; however, this type of information is important to (1) improve our understanding of insomnia risk factors and (2) to design more effective treatment and prevention programs. This study aimed to investigate evidence of familial aggregation of insomnia among first-degree relatives of probands with and without insomnia.

Mots clés: epidemiology; family aggregation; insomnia; predisposition.; risk factors

Domaines: Neurosciences [q-bio.NC]; Médecine humaine et pathologie

Denise Jarrin, Charles M Morin, Amélie Rochefort, Hans Ivers, Yves Dauvilliers, et al.. Familial Aggregation of Insomnia. SLEEP, 2017, 40 (2), ⟨10.1093/sleep/zsw053⟩. ⟨hal-01767690⟩