A Study on Prevalence of Chronic Insomnia and it’s Association with Medical Co morbidities among Patients Attending General Out Patient Department (OPD) of a Tertiary Care Hospital of Kolkata, India
Journal Title: International Journal of Contemporary Medical Research - Year 2017, Vol 4, Issue 5
Abstract
Introduction: Different studies revealed that between 10% to 30% of adults have insomnia at any given point in time and up to 50% -60% have insomnia in a given year. Study objectives were to find out the prevalence of chronic insomnia and related co-morbid medical conditions. Material and Methods: An Institution based descriptive cross sectional study was conducted from 27.02.2017 to 26.03.2017 among 390 patients attended general OPD of a tertiary care teaching hospital of Kolkata using Athens Insomnia Scale by exit interview. Analysis: Epi-info version 6 software and Statistical Package for the Social Sciences SPSS Version 16.0. Results: About 45.13% of the study population suffered from chronic insomnia as per AIS Score; this study found a significant association of chronic insomnia with hypertension, diabetes, high cholesterol, heart disease, kidney disease, thyroid disease, asthma and chronic pain and gastritis etc. Conclusion: Every patient should be assessed for sleep pattern, screened for insomnia and should give adequate counselling for the same.
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Mausumi Basu, Sita Chatterjee, Abhishek De, Debasish Sinha, Afifa Ahamed, Raghunath Misra
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