Factors Influencing Ageing and Sleep Disorders in Women: A Study of Social and Environmental Factors
Journal Title: International Journal of Interdisciplinary and Multidisciplinary Studies (IJIMS) - Year 2015, Vol 2, Issue 8
Abstract
Ageing is a natural process which affects women in various ways. It brings deterioration to the body functions and appearance which brings unhappiness and lead to various sleep disorders. Therefore, in this paper an attempt has been made to investigate certain social factors like poverty, illiteracy, family, widowhood, loneliness, modern lifestyle, food habits and environmental factors like pollutions, micro nutrients and biological and chemical particles that lead to onset of process like lifestyle disease, diabetes, hypertension, pre-mature ageing, menopause disorders, sleep disorders, osteoporosis, estrogen and cancerous growth, etc. The specific objectives of the present paper are (i) To identify the social and environmental factors influencing ageing process with special reference to women and (ii) To identify sleep disturbances in ageing women. The entire study is based on both primary and secondary data which are collected through personnel questioners. The primary data are collected from 5 old age home in Hyderabad. The study included qualitative method and used gender as a category.
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Suchitra Boro
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