According to an analysis by Barmer, people in the Free State are increasingly having trouble getting through the night. There are a few reasons for this. The options for combating this are correspondingly diverse.
In Bavaria, the number of people with sleep disorders has been increasing for years, according to the Barmer health insurance company. The proportion of its insured people with a corresponding diagnosis grew from 5.4 percent to 7.6 percent between 2012 and 2023, as the health insurance company announced on Wednesday in Munich. That corresponds to more than a million cases in 2023 and thus an increase rate of 29 percent.
“The trigger for problems falling asleep or staying asleep can be professional and private stress or, in women, menopause,” says Barmer. The time change next weekend could be another factor that has, at least temporarily, a negative impact on sleep. Sleep disorders could also be the first signs of depression. “Anyone who sleeps so badly at least three times a week over a period of more than three months that their quality of life, performance and psychological well-being are noticeably impaired should definitely have this insomnia checked out at the doctor’s office.”
According to the analysis, there are sometimes significant increases in the diagnosis of sleep disorders in all age groups examined from the age of 20 onwards. In 2012, for example, doctors diagnosed two percent of young adults between the ages of 20 and 29 with a sleep disorder. In 2022 it was over three percent. That corresponds to an increase of 50 percent in this group.
