Kaneita Yoshitaka, Uchiyama Makoto, Takemura Shinji, Yokoyama Eise, Miyake Takeo, Harano Satoru, Asai Takami, Tsutsui Takako, Kaneko Akiyo, Nakamura Hiromi, Ohida Takashi
Department of Public Health, School of Medicine, Nihon University, Tokyo, Japan.
Sleep Med. 2007 Nov;8(7-8):723-32. doi: 10.1016/j.sleep.2006.10.009. Epub 2007 May 18.
The present study was conducted to clarify the prevalence of the use of alcohol and hypnotic medication as sleep aids, and associated factors, in the general population in Japan.
The survey was conducted in June 2000, using self-administered questionnaires, targeting a population that was selected randomly from among 300 communities throughout Japan. A total of 18,205 responses indicating alcohol use and 16,804 responses indicating hypnotic medication use were analyzed.
The prevalence of alcohol use as a sleep aid one or more times per week was 48.3% among men and 18.3% among women. The prevalence of the use of hypnotic medication one or more times per week was 4.3% among men and 5.9% among women. The prevalence of alcohol used as a sleep aid increased gradually for men and women up to age 55-59 years and 40-44 years, respectively, and then declined with increasing age thereafter. The prevalence of the use of hypnotic medication among both men and women showed a trend toward a gradual increase with age. The use of alcohol as a sleep aid was associated with "difficulty maintaining sleep," but no such problem was associated with the use of hypnotic medication.
Alcohol is a more popular sleep aid than hypnotic medication. The factors associated with the use of alcohol and of hypnotic medication are different.
本研究旨在阐明日本普通人群中使用酒精和催眠药物作为助眠剂的患病率及相关因素。
2000年6月进行了此项调查，采用自填式问卷，目标人群是从日本全国300个社区中随机选取的。对总共18205份表明使用酒精的回复和16804份表明使用催眠药物的回复进行了分析。
每周使用酒精作为助眠剂一次或多次的患病率，男性为48.3%，女性为18.3%。每周使用催眠药物一次或多次的患病率，男性为4.3%，女性为5.9%。酒精作为助眠剂的使用率在男性和女性中分别在55 - 59岁和40 - 44岁之前逐渐上升，此后随年龄增长而下降。男性和女性使用催眠药物的患病率均呈现出随年龄逐渐上升的趋势。使用酒精作为助眠剂与“难以维持睡眠”有关，但使用催眠药物未发现此类问题。
酒精作为助眠剂比催眠药物更受欢迎。使用酒精和催眠药物的相关因素不同。
