Article 4

Insomnia

I – SOURCE OF THE ARTICLE WITH PUBLICATION DATE AND WORD COUNT: https://www.sleepfoundation.org/insomnia

(4/09/2020)

Word count: 934

II – VOCABULARY:

Word from the text	Synonym/definition in English	French translation
To hinge on smth	To depend of	Dépendre de qqchose
warrant	justification	Justifie
Sleep onset	When you are in the transition between sleep and awakeness	Endormissement
To be in sync	Something is at the same time of another thing	Être synchronisé
Jet lag	To be shifted with you bed time	Décalage horaire
To nod off	To sleep	Somnoler
Periodic limb movement disorder	That is a disorder where you can’t control the movement of your legs in bed	Trouble du mouvement périodique des membres
To shift over time	To involve with time	Evoluer avec le temps
To hinder sleep	To interfere with sleep	Gêner le sommeil
Withdrawal of medication	To stop taking medications	Le sevrage
Studies have Yielded	To give results	Ont donné
To pin down	To understand (a problem) and trying to fight it	Cerner
Prior	Before	Avant

III – ANALYSIS TABLE ABOUT THE STUDY

Researchers?	–Dhaval Patel 1, Joel Steinberg 1, Pragnesh Patel 1 –Innessa Donskoy 1, Darius Loghmanee 2 –Aynur Kızılırmak 1, Sermin Timur, Bahtışen Kartal –Swapna Bhaskar,1 D. -Hemavathy,2 and Shankar Prasad3
Published in? when (if mentioned)?	-ScientificWorldJournal In Apr 24 2012 -J Clin Sleep Med Jun 15 2018 -Med Sci (Basel) Sep 1 2018 –J Family Med Prim Care. 2016 Oct-Dec
General topic	What is insomnia, how it affects you, and how to help you get back your restful nights
Procedure/ what was examined	They studied the prevalence of insomnia among different sleepers group. Different racial and ethnic groups, on pregnant women, old people, teenagers.
Conclusions/ discovery	Pregnant women are more likely to develop some sort of insomnia than the other (50% of them). Older you get, higher the odds of being insomniac are. This may be attributed to chronic medical conditions, social isolation, and higher use of prescription medications, as well as factors like unhealthy sleep habits and stress.
Remaining questions	None