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Table 1 Sleep disorders according to the International Classification of Sleep Disorders – third edition (Adapted from American Academy of Sleep Medicine. International Classification of Sleep Disorders. 3rd ed. Darien, IL: American Academy of Sleep Medicine; 2014 and from Sateia MJ. International classification of sleep disorders-third edition: highlights and modifications. Chest. 2014;146:1387–94.)

From: Migraine and sleep disorders: a systematic review

ICSD-third edition major diagnostic sections

Definition

Disorder

Insomnia

Insomnia is defined as a persistent difficulty with sleep initiation, duration, consolidation, or quality that occurs despite adequate opportunity and circumstances for sleep, and results in some form of daytime impairment.

Daytime symptoms typically include fatigue, decreased mood or irritability, general malaise, and cognitive impairment.

Chronic insomnia disorder

Short-term insomnia disorder

Other insomnia disorder

Sleep-related breathing disorders

Sleep-related breathing disorders are characterized by abnormalities of respiration during sleep. In some of these disorders, respiration is also abnormal during wakefulness.

Specific pulmonary or neurological disorder should be diagnosed separately, in association with a diagnosis of sleep-related hypoventilation or sleep-related hypoxemia.

Obstructive sleep apnea disorders (OSA)

Obstructive sleep apnea, adult

Obstructive sleep apnea, pediatric

Central sleep apnea syndromes

Central sleep apnea with Cheyne-Stokes breathing

Central apnea due to a medical disorder without Cheyne-Stokes breathing

Central sleep apnea due to high altitude periodic breathing

Central sleep apnea due to a medication or substance

Primary central sleep apnea

Primary central sleep apnea of infancy

Primary central sleep apnea of prematurity

Treatment-emergent central sleep apnea

Sleep-related hypoventilation disorders

Obesity hypoventilation syndrome

Congenital central alveolar hypoventilation syndrome Late-onset central hypoventilation with hypothalamic dysfunction

Idiopathic central alveolar hypoventilation

Sleep-related hypoventilation due to a medication or substance

Sleep-related hypoventilation due to a medical disorder

Sleep-related hypoxemia disorder

Sleep-related movement disorders

Sleep-related movement disorders are characterized by relatively simple, usually stereotyped, movements that disturb sleep or its onset. Restless legs syndrome (RLS) is an exception in that patients typically engage in walking or nonstereotypic limb movement to reduce leg discomfort. Nocturnal sleep disturbance or complaints of daytime sleepiness or fatigue are a prerequisite for a diagnosis of a sleep-related movement disorder.

Restless legs syndrome (RLS)

Periodic limb movement disorder

Sleep-related leg cramps

Sleep-related bruxism

Sleep-related rhythmic movement disorder

Benign sleep myoclonus of infancy

Propriospinal myoclonus at sleep onset

Sleep-related movement disorder due to a medical disorder

Sleep-related movement disorder due to a medication or substance

Sleep-related movement disorder, unspecified

Central disorders of hypersomnolence

Central disorders of hypersomnolence are characterized by excessive daytime sleepiness (hypersomnolence) that is not attributable to another sleep disorder, specifically those that result in disturbed sleep (eg, sleep-related breathing disorders) or abnormalities of circadian rhythm. The cardinal feature of all the central disorders of hypersomnolence is a subjective complaint of excessive daytime sleepiness, defined as daily episodes of an irrepressible need to sleep or daytime lapses into sleep.

Narcolepsy type 1

Narcolepsy type 2

Idiopathic hypersomnia

Kleine-Levin syndrome

Hypersomnia due to a medical disorder

Hypersomnia due to a medication or substance

Hypersomnia associated with a psychiatric disorder

Insufficient sleep syndrome

Circadian rhythm sleep-wake disorders

Circadian rhythm sleep-wake disorders are characterized by chronic or recurrent pattern of sleep-wake rhythm disruption primarily due to alteration of the endogenous circadian timing system or misalignment between the endogenous circadian rhythm and the sleep-wake schedule desired or required by an individual’s physical environment or social/work schedules.

Delayed sleep-wake phase disorder

Advanced sleep-wake phase disorder

Irregular sleep-wake rhythm disorder

Non-24-h sleep-wake rhythm disorder

Shift work disorder

Jet lag disorder

Circadian sleep-wake disorder not otherwise specified

Parasomnias

Parasomnias are undesirable physical events or experiences that occur during entry into sleep, within sleep, or during arousal from sleep. Parasomnias encompass abnormal sleep-related complex movements, behaviours, emotions, perceptions, dreams, and autonomic nervous system activity that may occur during the phase non-rapid eye movement (NREM) or rapid eye movement (REM), or during transitions to and from sleep.Parasomnias are clinical disorders because of the resulting injuries, sleep disruption, adverse health effects, and untoward psychosocial effects. The clinical consequences of the parasomnias can affect the patient, the bed partner, or both.

NREM-related parasomnias:

Disorders of arousal

Confusional arousals

SleepwalkingSleep terrors

Sleep-related eating disorder

REM-related parasomnias:

REM sleep behaviour disorder

Recurrent isolated sleep paralysis

Nightmare disorder

Other parasomnias:

Exploding head syndrome

Sleep-related hallucinations

Sleep enuresis

Parasomnia due to a medical disorder

Parasomnia due to a medication or substance

Parasomnia, unspecified

Other sleep disorders

Sleep disorders that cannot be classified elsewhere in the ICSD-third edition.

 
  1. ICSD indicates International Classification of Sleep Disorders, NREM non-rapid eye movement, OSA obstructive sleep apnea, REM rapid eye movement, RLS restless legs syndrome