Department of Community Health, St. John's Medical College, Bangalore, Karnataka, India
*Author For Correspondence: Dr. Arvind Kasthuri, MD DNB PGDGM, Professor and Head, Department of Community Health, First Floor, Robert Koch Bhavan,St. John’s Medical College, St. John’s National Academy of Health Sciences, Sarjapura Road, Koramangala, Bangalore 560034 Mobile Number: +9198809 02992; Telephone: 080 - 2206 5043 Fax: 080-25520777 E-mail:arvindk@gmail.com
Institutional Affiliation: Department of Community Health, First Floor, Robert Koch Bhavan, St. John's Medical College,St. John's National Academy of Health Sciences, Sarjapura Road, Koramangala,Bangalore 560034, Karnataka, India
Insomnia has been reported as a common health problem among the elderly.
To assess the prevalence of insomnia among the elderly residents of a rural areaandto identify associations between insomnia and selected baseline variables.
This was a cross-sectional study conducted among permanent elderly residents of Mugalur village near Bangalore.An interview schedule based on a validatedinsomnia-screening questionnairewas developed for the purpose of this study and administered to the study population.
Among the 92 elderlystudied,insomnia was prevalent in 13.04%. Among those with insomnia, 50% had parasomnias, 33.3% had circadian rhythm disturbances, 16.7% had sleep apnoea requiring further evaluation and 8.3% had movement disorders. A higher proportion of those thatwere currently unemployed, widowed, dependants,hypertensives, and diabetics, had urinary disturbances or had joint painswere suffering from insomnia.
Prevalence of insomnia was 13.04%, with no significant associations.
Elderly, Insomnia, Likelihood of Insomnia, Rural
