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Sleeping Problems in Women
Sleep problems increase with age, while those living in large cities generally sleep fewer hours a day, according to this study which involved 1,200 women over 16 years.
Among those who have trouble sleeping, 54% said some form of medication used to combat them, such as lorazepam (21.1%), the bromazepam (8.4%) and alplazolam (5.8%).
Although the results of this study show that the majority of women had good health symptoms, up to 39% suffered some type of pain or malaise, 19.7% suffered from anxiety and between 10% and 11% had mobility problems or performing daily activities.
In general, the elderly and lower socioeconomic status are detected major drawbacks of health.
Regarding the perception of health status in relation to the previous year, more than half of women surveyed (63%) recognized to be the same, while 15% claimed to be even worse. Only 17.7% declared to be in better health than a year earlier.