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Abstract
Health-related Quality of Life (HRQoL) has become an important construct in contemporary
medicine and health care, permitting assessment of disorder burden and evaluation
of interventions on various aspects of functioning, in a standardized manner. Here
we review literature on the measurement of HRQoL in insomnia populations, and the
extent to which insomnia treatment improves domains of HRQoL. It is concluded from
the relatively small literature that insomnia impacts on diverse areas of HRQoL, and
that both pharmacological and non-pharmacological interventions can produce, to varying
degrees, improvements in domains spanning physical, social and emotional functioning.
Limitations of the current literature are identified; with particular emphasis on
measurement and conceptual shortcomings. Suggestions are made in relation to improving
the quality of future research, and how to further shed light on the impact of insomnia
- and treatment thereof - on both HRQoL and global quality of life.
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