Socio-demographic and life style determinants of insomnia among adult patients attending primary healthcare centers, Jeddah
Journal Title: International Journal of Dental Science and Innovative Research (IJDSIR) - Year 2018, Vol 1, Issue 1
Abstract
Background: Insomnia is the most prevalent sleep disorder. However, 40% of primary health care (PHC) physicians think that sleep disorders are not common. Objectives: To assess the association between socio-demographic and lifestyle determinants in one hand and the occurrence of insomnia in another hand. Methodology: This is a cross-sectional study conducted in 10 PHC centers of Jeddah City. A total of 378 adult participants were interviewed by a questionnaire was used for data collection. The questionnaire included questions about sociodemographic characteristics and life style factors. In addition to the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index and the Insomnia Severity Index. Results: More than half of participants (51.1%) had poor sleep quality. In addition, highest prevalence of poor sleep quality was observed among those who perform physical exercise 4 times or more weekly (67.3%). The poor quality of sleep was higher among those who drink coffee (p=0.001). Regarding risk factors for grades of insomnia, higher prevalence of severe insomnia was observed among younger participants (p=0.001), Saudi participants (p=0.032), obese participants (p=0.045), and university educated participants (p<0.001), and those who practiced exercise 4 times or more weekly (p=0.001). Conclusions: lifestyle activities associated with poor sleep quality include performing physical exercise 4 times or more weekly, drinking coffee and consumption of energy drinks. Severe insomnia among adult attendants of PHC centers include younger age, Saudi nationality, obesity, and university education while lifestyle activities associated with severe insomnia include performing physical exercise 4 times or more weekly.
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Abeer Lafi Almohammadi
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