Open AccessPrevalence of chronic insomnia in adult patients and its correlation with medical comorbidities
Author(s) -
Swapna Bhaskar,
D Hemavathy,
Shankar Prasad
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
journal of family medicine and primary care
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2278-7135
pISSN - 2249-4863
DOI - 10.4103/2249-4863.201153
Subject(s) - medicine , insomnia , incidence (geometry) , diabetes mellitus , chronic insomnia , cross sectional study , comorbidity , outpatient clinic , population , pediatrics , psychiatry , sleep disorder , physics , environmental health , pathology , optics , endocrinology
Insomnia is one of the common but neglected conditions seen in family practice with long term and serious effects on health of a patient. Family physicians have the responsibility of diagnosing and adequately treating this. This study was done to find the prevalence of chronic insomnia in adult patients visiting a family medicine outpatient department (OPD) in a hospital and to assess the risk factors and co morbidities associated with it.