Illness representation in chronic insomnia: exploratory study of social and cultural beliefs in Russia

Introduction: Chronic insomnia is characterized by specific beliefs about sleep (Morin, 2010) and sleep-related behavior (Perlis et al., 2011) that perpetuate its course. According to common-sense model (Leventhal et al., 2003) social and cultural context is an important source of such beliefs and behavior. However, rare research on insomnia based on this model (Morgan et al., 2003, Jorgensen, 2008) does not concentrate on culture- or country-specific beliefs. In Russia where more than 70% of patients with chronic insomnia continue to have disturbed sleep hygiene (Rasskazova, 2008) such studies are of high importance.

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