A cross sectional observational study to assess the sleep quality and patterns, duration of sleep related symptoms, and action taken by the participants in Indian corporate offices for Insomnia
Journal Title: The Indian Practitioner - Year 2016, Vol 69, Issue 6
Abstract
Sleep is a complex combination of physiological and behavioural processes.1 According to the International Classification of Sleep Disorders (ICSD 2), second edition, the person’s condition can be diagnosed as insomnia if they have a predominant complaint of difficulty in sleep initiation, difficulty in sleep maintenance, or waking up too early, or sleep that is chronically un-restorative or poor in quality.2 These difficulties should be present regardless of the availability of adequate opportunities and circumstances for sleep.2 The patient should have at least one of the five complaints: (1) Fatigue or malaise,(2) Lack of attention, concentration, or memory impairment,(3) Daytime sleepiness,(4) Motivation, energy, or initiative reduction, or (5) Concern or worries about sleep.2 There is considerable individual variability in natural sleep patterns. Taken in a single period, most adults are comfortable with 6.5 to 8 hours of sleep daily.3 The prevalence of insomnia in the general population is 9% as reported by some international studies4 while apparently healthy population in South India reported a prevalence of 18.6%.5 The wide variation in the reported prevalence rates of insomnia is due to differences in operational definitions of insomnia, populations studied, and research methodologies.6 The prevalence of insomnia may be under estimated as the rate of reporting insomnia to physicians is low.7 Generally, patients take no action to alleviate their symptoms despite poor sleep impacting their quality of life.7 Even when patients seek consultation; insomnia remains undertreated by the physicians.8
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N Yardi, K Peethambaran
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