Citation

Khawaja IS, Hurwitz TD, Herr A, Thuras P, Cook B. Prim. Care Companion J. Clin. Psychiatry 2014; 16(2).

Copyright

(Copyright © 2014, Physicians Postgraduate Press)

DOI

10.4088/PCC.13br01593

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

Sleep disorders are common in the veteran population. There is an increasing need for sleep medicine services in returning veterans. Primary care providers are uncomfortable diagnosing and treating sleep disorders. Patients often have to wait several days before they can be seen by a sleep clinician. This pilot project evaluated the feasibility of providing sleep medicine services to patients in a primary care setting. Primary care providers were involved in decision-making, resulting in improved satisfaction with sleep medicine services among primary care clinicians. © 2014 Physicians Postgraduate Press, Inc.

Language: en

Keywords

United States; human; cognition; quality of life; decision making; insomnia; suicidal ideation; suicide attempt; posttraumatic stress disorder; nurse practitioner; article; medical service; primary medical care; sleep disorder; positive end expiratory pressure; sleep disordered breathing; meta analysis (topic); sleep medicine; physician assistant