Fast Facts

Did you know...?

  • It's impossible to tell if someone is really awake without close medical supervision. People can take cat naps with their eyes open without even being aware of it.
  • A new baby typically results in 400-750 hours lost sleep for parents in the first year.
  • No-one knows for sure if other species dream but some do have sleep cycles similar to humans.
  • Seventeen hours of sustained wakefulness leads to a decrease in performance equivalent to a blood alcohol-level of 0.05%.
  • The 1989 Exxon Valdez oil spill off Alaska, the Challenger space shuttle disaster and the Chernobyl nuclear accident have all been attributed to human errors in which sleep-deprivation played a role.

For more fast facts on sleeping disorders, visit our web page here.

Primary Sleeping Disorders

Sleeping disorders can cause  disruption in a person's overall quality of life.

Anyone can be affected by sleep disorders, regardless of age. More than 70 million people in the U.S. are reported to have a sleeping disorder. Of all the different types of sleeping disorders that have been identified, six of them are far more common than the rest. These six sleeping disorders are referred to as the primary sleeping disorders, and are listed below. To find out more about a particular disorder, simply click it below.

Secondary Sleep Disorders

Secondary sleep disorders are classified as sleeping disorders which occur as a result of another physical or mental condition.

While there is a small number of primary sleeping disorders that are common among large numbers of people, there are also a very large number of secondary sleeping disorders which only occur in a very small number of patients. Click on the link provided below for more information about the large number of secondary sleeping disorders which have been identified.

NAMCP Sleep Health Record

The NAMCP Sleep Patient Health Record has been designed to help patients keep track of information regarding potential sleep problems.

The Sleep Patient Health Record can be a very useful tool for monitoring a patient's sleep patterns over a particular amount of time. This information can be very useful for identifying and solving potential sleep related problems and disorders in patients. The Sleep Patient Health Record will record various data, such as how difficult it is for the patient to fall and stay sleep, how many hours of sleep the patient received, and how refreshed the patient felt upon waking up. The complete Sleep Patient Health Record consists of two pages, where one page will need to be filled out at night and the other will be filled out in the morning.

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