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## Abstract ## Objective To assess the prevalence and factors related to hypnotic intake in Portugal. ## Methods Data from the National Health Survey conducted in 1998–1999 in a representative sample of 39 640 subjects aged > 18 years. Subjects were asked if they took hypnotics, for how long and also for how many days they had taken them the previous 2 weeks. ## Results Overall, 13% of subjects reported taking hypnotics, and this frequency was higher for women (19%) than for men (7.4%, __p__ 75 years (__p__ < 0.001). In both genders, the Lisbon region had the higher prevalence (15.4%) and Algarve the lowest (10%, __p__ < 0.001); also ex‐smokers the highest (15.4%), and current smokers the lowest prevalence (6.8%, __p__ < 0.001). Women took hypnotics continuously during the previous 2 weeks more frequently than men (75 vs. 70%, __p__ < 0.001), and the main reason for intake also differed between genders (__p__ < 0.001). Finally, 69% of the subjects reported taking hypnotics for more than 3 years, and this prevalence was higher in women (71.6%) than in men (62.0%, __p__ < 0.001). Multivariate analysis showed hypnotic intake to be positively related with age and inversely related wi

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Author

Pedro Marques‐Vidal; Carlos Matias Dias

Publisher

John Wiley and Sons; Wiley (John Wiley & Sons); John Wiley & Sons Inc.; Wiley (ISSN 1053-8569)

Published

2005

Language

EN

Field

Medicine (Health Sciences)