A Cross-sectional Study on Prevalence of Insomnia in Patients Admitted in the Medical ward of a Tertiary Care Hospital of Kashmir Valley.

Background: Insomnia is not uncommon in hospitalized patients. Insomnia affects the elderly population significantly. Indian elderly population is growing rapidly and the epidemiology of insomnia needs to be studied further in this group. Objective(s): To assess the prevalence of insomnia in patients admitted in the medical ward of a tertiary care hospital of Kashmir valley. Material and methods: This was a cross-sectional study which was conducted in the medical ward of tertiary care institute of Kashmir valley, among 158 admitted patients who were not-critically ill and did not require supplemental oxygen for survival. The patients who stayed for >7days in the hospital were included in the study and data was collected by interviewing the patients using a self-devised questionnaire based on the Athens Insomnia Scale. Results: Our study revealed that the prevalence of insomnia among admitted patients was 45.6%. Higher prevalence of insomnia was seen in patients belonging to the age group of 52years and above, males, married, illiterate, unemployed, who belonged to the rural area, had a social problem in the family and who used the habit-forming substance . Conclusion: The present study provided some idea about the prevalence of insomnia among patients admitted in the tertiary care hospital of Kashmir. In this study, the overall prevalence of insomnia among patients who reached out to physicians for the management of their morbidities was 45.6%.