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Sleep-deprived patients turning to Web for help

Michael OReilly
CMAJ July 11, 2000 163 (1) 76;
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Many Canadians are affected by sleep disorders. Afflictions range from the occasional bout of insomnia to more serious problems such as narcolepsy and sleep apnea.

For those with too much waking time on their hands, the Web offers a wealth of information. Most sites are geared toward the patient, but a few target health care professionals. FIGURE

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Sleep/Wake Disorders Canada (www.geocities.com/HotSprings/1837/) is a national volunteer group that helps these patients by providing information, research and lobbying action. The site lists sleep research clinics across Canada and around the world. It also features a self-help forum where participants can pose questions, and includes stories of people's personal struggles with insomnia and other sleeping disorders.

The Royal Ottawa Health Care Group's Sleep Disorder Centre (www.rohcg.on.ca/sleep.html) is an excellent resource. It publishes a monthly newsletter covering various aspects of sleep, provides a checklist of good sleep habits and lets visitors pose questions to its professional staff. The centre's sleep laboratory is also featured in an 8-minute online video, which requires RealPlayer (www.real.com/player/).

The Canadian Sleep Society (www.css.to) is a professional association of clinicians, scientists and technologists. Its site includes sections for patients and professionals. On the patient side there is an online questionnaire to help people self-assess the quality of their sleep. The society has also arranged for several professionals to accept queries by email. For physicians there are links to current research. The site also lists sleep-related headlines from both the popular and scientific literature.

Moving south of the border, the Sleep Medicine Home-Page (www.users.cloud9.net/∼thorpy/) and the Sleep Home Pages (bisleep.medsch.ucla.edu) provide hundreds of links to sleep resources. The latter a solid research section, and even a monthly book list for people facing long sleepless nights.

Finally, there are a few email-based discussion groups dedicated to sleep disorders. SLEEP-L is a moderated group for sleep specialists (email, southmay{at}qucdn.queensu.ca), while PEDSLEEP is dedicated to pediatric sleep problems and is open to all medical and education professionals involved in child care (email, sadeh{at}ccsg.tau.ac.il).

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