Open AccessSleep Quality and its various correlates: A community-based study among geriatric population in a community development block of Purba Bardhaman district, West Bengal
Author(s) -
Soumyaneel Das,
Rabindra N. Roy,
Dilip Kumar Das,
Amartya Chakraborty,
Raston Mondal
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
journal of family medicine and primary care
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2278-7135
pISSN - 2249-4863
DOI - 10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_1021_19
Subject(s) - pittsburgh sleep quality index , medicine , anxiety , depression (economics) , marital status , geriatric depression scale , gerontology , population , logistic regression , cross sectional study , psychiatry , demography , environmental health , cognition , sleep quality , depressive symptoms , pathology , sociology , economics , macroeconomics
In the elderly population, sleep problems are prevalent and have known to be associated with many factors. There are many adverse consequences of decreased sleep such as heart disease, diabetes, depression, accidents, impaired cognition, and poor quality of life. Correlates of poor sleep quality have not been well explored in Indian research.