Report: Insufficient sleep from chronic insomnia poses a direct threat. Image: Gorodenkoff/Shutterstock.com
By: FEDweek StaffInsomnia rates among active-duty service members remained steady between 2012 and 2021 – at 116.1 cases per 10,000 person-years – according to findings released by the Defense Health Agency (DHA).
Among those cases, DHA reported that some 53.9 percent received behavioral therapy and 72.7 percent were treated pharmacologically. Issues relating to mental health tended to exacerbate insomnia and cause its sufferers to seek treatment, the report stated. The Defense Department continues to take insomnia seriously.
“Insufficient sleep from chronic insomnia poses a direct threat due to impaired cognitive performance and increased musculoskeletal injury,” the report stated, adding that clinical practitioners should do everything they can to mitigate such cases and minimize “negative consequences of chronic insomnia.”
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