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Insônia

Última revisão: 22 Jul 2025
Última atualização: 24 Jan 2025

Resumo

Definição

História e exame físico

Principais fatores diagnósticos

  • presença de fatores de risco
  • queixas do parceiro de sono
  • início tardio do sono
  • despertares múltiplos ou longos
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Outros fatores diagnósticos

  • comprometimento de função
  • acidentes
  • diminuição do tempo de sono
  • cochilos durante o dia
  • tireotoxicose
  • dor crônica
  • síndrome das pernas inquietas
  • apneia obstrutiva do sono
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Fatores de risco

  • sexo feminino
  • idade avançada
  • afecções clínicas crônicas
  • dor crônica
  • doença psiquiátrica
  • abuso de álcool ou de substâncias
  • uso de estimulantes
  • má higiene do sono
  • lesão cerebral traumática
  • doença neuropsiquiátrica
  • uso de determinados medicamentos
  • viagem recente em fusos horários diferentes
  • trabalho noturno
  • hipertireoidismo
  • participação em esporte de elite
  • comportamento sedentário
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Investigações diagnósticas

Primeiras investigações a serem solicitadas

  • diário do sono
  • Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index”, Índice de qualidade do sono de Pittsburgh (PSQI-BR)
  • Insomnia Severity Index”, Índice de Gravidade da Insônia (IGI)
  • Stanford Sleepiness Scale”, Escala de Sonolência de Stanford (ESS)
  • Escala de Sonolência de Epworth (ESE)
  • Escala de insônia de Atenas (EIA)
  • Transtorno de Ansiedade Generalizada 7 (TAG-7)
  • PHQ-9
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Investigações a serem consideradas

  • polissonografia (PSG)
  • actigrafia
  • hormônio estimulante da tireoide (TSH)
  • Hemograma completo e perfil de ferro
  • perfil de uso de substâncias na urina ou no sangue
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Algoritmo de tratamento

AGUDA

insônia aguda

CONTÍNUA

insônia crônica

Colaboradores

Autores

Joshua Hyong-Jin Cho, MD, PhD

Health Sciences Clinical Professor

Director, UCLA Insomnia Clinic

Cousins Center for Psychoneuroimmunology

Department of Psychiatry & Biobehavioral Sciences

David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA

Los Angeles

CA

Declarações

JHC is an author of a reference cited in this topic.

Paul Barkopoulos, MD, MPH

Clinical Professor

Department of Psychiatry & Biobehavioral Sciences

David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA

Los Angeles

CA

Declarações

PB is an author of a reference cited in this topic.

Anthony E. Reading, MPhil, PhD

Clinical Professor

Department of Psychiatry & Biobehavioral Sciences

David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA

Los Angeles

CA

Divulgaciones

AER declares that he has no competing interests.

Agradecimientos

Dr Joshua Hyong-Jin Cho, Dr Paul Barkopoulos, and Dr Anthony E. Reading would like to gratefully acknowledge Dr John W. Winkelman, Dr Teofilo Lee-Chiong, and Dr Vipin Malik, previous contributors to this topic.

Divulgaciones

JWW has received honoraria for consulting to Avadel, CVS, Eisai, and Merck, and research grants from Merck and the RLS Foundation. TLC is the Chief Medical Liaison for Philips, a company that makes devices to treat sleep apnoea. VM received research funding from Philips Respironics for a study on COPD-OSA overlap.

Revisores por pares

Karl Doghramji, MD

Director

Sleep Disorders Center

Thomas Jefferson University Hospital

Philadelphia

PA

Divulgaciones

KD is a speaker for Sanofi-Aventis, King Pharmaceuticals, Takeda Pharmaceuticals, Sepracor, and Pfizer; a consultant for Sanofi-Aventis, Takeda Pharmaceuticals, Sepracor, Pfizer, and Neurocrine Biosciences; and has stock in Merck.

Chiadi U. Onyike, MD, MHS

Assistant Professor

Geriatric Psychiatry and Neuropsychiatry

The Johns Hopkins Hospital

Baltimore

MD

Divulgaciones

CUO declares that he has no competing interests.

Roy Goldberg, MD

Medical Director

Kings Harbor Multicare Center

Bronx

NY

Divulgaciones

RG declares that he has no competing interests.

Craig Sawchuk, MD

Affiliate Assistant Professor

Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences

University of Washington Medical Center

Seattle

WA

Divulgaciones

CS declares that he has no competing interests.

David Cunnington, MD

Director

Melbourne Sleep Disorders Centre

Melbourne

Victoria

Australia

Divulgaciones

DC has received consulting fees from Sanofi-Aventis and Lundbeck, and honoraria for speaking from Sanofi-Aventis.

Referencias

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Artículos principales

American Psychiatric Association. Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders, 5th ed., text revision (DSM-5-TR). Washington, DC: American Psychiatric Publishing; 2022.Texto completo

Sateia MJ, Buysse DJ, Krystal AD, et al. Clinical practice guideline for the pharmacologic treatment of chronic insomnia in adults: an American Academy of Sleep Medicine clinical practice guideline. J Clin Sleep Med. 2017 Feb 15;13(2):307-49.Texto completo  Resumen

Qaseem A, Kansagara D, Forciea MA, et al. Management of chronic insomnia disorder in adults: a clinical practice guideline from the American College of Physicians. Ann Intern Med. 2016 Jul 19;165(2):125-33.Texto completo  Resumen

Edinger JD, Arnedt JT, Bertisch SM, et al. Behavioral and psychological treatments for chronic insomnia disorder in adults: an American Academy of Sleep Medicine clinical practice guideline. J Clin Sleep Med. 2021 Feb 1;17(2):255-62.Texto completo  Resumen

Artículos de referencia

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  • Guías de práctica clínica

    • Australasian Sleep Association 2024 guidelines for sleep studies in adults
    • Manual for the scoring of sleep and associated events
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  • Folletos para el paciente

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