TY  - JOUR
AU  - Attard, Kelly P
AU  - Adams, Robert JT
AU  - Vakulin, Andrew
AU  - Reynolds, Amy C
PY  - 2019
DA  - 2019/06/27
TI  - Sleep and Help Seeking Behaviours in Australia: A Narrative Review
JO  - OBM Neurobiology
SP  - 029
VL  - 03
IS  - 02
AB  - Inadequate sleep is a largely under recognised problem in Australian communities despite researchers consistently highlighting it as a key component of health and wellbeing. Over a third of Australian adults now experience some form of inadequate sleep, which is strongly linked to a range of accompanying physical and mental health concerns. In addition to the health burden on the individual, the associated financial burden incurred by the community is extremely high with inadequate sleep costing over $66.3 billion annually in Australia alone with $26.2 billion due to financial costs and $40.1 billion accounted for in reduced wellbeing. Given the prevalence and cost of inadequate sleep, it would appear that Australians require greater support with addressing sleep problems. This requires a better understanding of how and why Australians seek assistance for sleep problems. In particular, it is imperative to understand what drives help seeking behaviours as they are the precursor to receiving support and assistance for sleep concerns. This review examined sleep and associated help seeking behaviours with a view to understand contributing factors in help seeking models.
SN  - 2573-4407
UR  - https://doi.org/10.21926/obm.neurobiol.1902029
DO  - 10.21926/obm.neurobiol.1902029
ID  - Attard2019
ER  -