The Clinical, Humanistic, and Economic Burden of Idiopathic Hypersomnia in the United States: Analysis of the National Health and Wellness Survey
Caroleen Drachenberg, M Janelle Cambron-Mellott, Lin Yang, Bridget L Balkaran, Marisa Whalen, David T Plante · 2026
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Caroleen Drachenberg and colleagues measure the burden of idiopathic hypersomnia in United States adults in a 2026 survey analysis. The condition causes severe daytime sleepiness without a clear cause, and real world burden data were limited. Data from national health and wellness surveys in 2021 and 2023 matched 163 affected adults with 326 similar adults without the condition.
Affected adults carried far more other illnesses, with a comorbidity score of 1.43 against 0.34 for matched peers in the study. Depression, anxiety, and quality of life scores were all worse. Care use was much higher too, with about 13 provider visits on average against about 3 for the comparison group in the past period.
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| CREATOR | Caroleen Drachenberg, M Janelle Cambron-Mellott, Lin Yang, Bridget L Balkaran, Marisa Whalen, David T Plante |
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| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 98588 |
| LICENSE | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |