Clinical practice generates questions and requires evaluation of outcomes, but the hustle and bustle of the practice does not allow these questions to be addressed in depth. Clinical research allows a better understanding of the disease in order to offer appropriate treatment.
Sleep is a biological phenomenon common to all animals, including humans. It is the most obvious manifestation of circadian rhythms, which regulate numerous biological processes that occur at different times throughout the sleep-wake cycle, with implications beyond sleep health.
Insomnia is the most common sleep disorder. Its prevalence has more than doubled in the last 20 years in Spain, a rise that also occurs in other industrialized countries. It is a heterogeneous and complex disorder, often occurring comorbidly with medical or psychiatric conditions, or with other sleep disorders. This situation describes the cross-cutting nature of sleep medicine and the need for a multidisciplinary approach.
The new research group on insomnia and circadian rhythms of INCLIVA has as initial objectives the research on subtypes and phenotypes of insomnia, through biological markers and response to treatment.