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Sleep Disturbance

Meaning

Sleep disturbance is a clinical term encompassing a wide range of conditions that interfere with the initiation, maintenance, or quality of sleep, leading to non-restorative sleep and subsequent daytime impairment. This category includes common disorders like insomnia, sleep apnea, and restless legs syndrome, all of which compromise the essential restorative processes of the body. From a hormonal perspective, chronic sleep disturbance disrupts the intricate circadian rhythms that govern nearly all endocrine functions.