[Insomnia and habits to help to fall asleep among adults].

[Insomnia and habits to help to fall asleep among adults].

Orv Hetil. 2016 Dec;157(49):1955-1959

Authors: Fusz K, Faludi B, Pusztai D, Sebők N, Oláh A

Abstract
INTRODUCTION: The quality of sleep can be influenced by several factors, insomnia in turn has an effect on the state of health.
AIM: The aim of our survey is to measure the effects of insomnia, furthermore, the sleep affecting agents and habits to help to fall asleep among adults.
METHOD: We collected the online nationwide and the written datas from the South-Transdanubia region, 455 adults filled the questionnaire which contains the Athens Insomnia Scale.
RESULTS: 13.4% of participants has insomnia, it is influenced by the quality of diet (p<0.001), comsumption of coffee (p = 0.045) and the physical activity (p = 0.011), what is more in correlation with the prevalency of chronic deseases (p = 0.001) and psychosomatic symptoms (p<0.001). The most frequent causes of sleep disorders are: work-related stress (35.6%), personal-life stress (35.4%) and pain (24.2%). In case of dormition problems most of the participants watch television (52.1%) and read (33%); 7.5% and 11.4% of the responders use sleeping pills and tisane.
CONCLUSIONS: We attract attention to the prevalency and effects of insomnia, and the habits to help to fall asleep. Orv. Hetil., 2016, 157(49), 1955-1959.

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