CHARACTERISTICS OF INSOMNIA IN PATIENTS TREATED FOR DURING COVID19 PANDEMIC IN A TERTIARY CARE CENTRE IN URBAN INDIA: A CROSS SECTIONAL STUDY

Darshan Yallappa Jotibannad, Kalagi Amit Kumar, *Dr. Gaurav Uppal, Dr. Aseem Garg and Dr. PD Garg

ABSTRACT

Background and objectives: The Covid-19 outbreak put enormous stress on the health system worldwide, and objective data to handle the emergency are still needed. We aimed to objectively assess the consequence of severe symptoms of Covid-19 infection on sleep quality through insomnia severity index (ISI). Somnolence and confusion are reported in ~15% of hospitalized patients with Covid-19 however, it's not known if these disturbances are directly linked to Covid-19 disease or if they're consequences of other factors, like pain or prolonged hospitalization Methods: A Cross sectional Study was conducted on Patients with infected by the COVID-19 (Confirmed by RT-PCR), Stable patient The participants will be informed about the objectives and potential benefit of study and oral informed consent was taken and applies ISI. Statistical analysis of the data was done on the SPSS (Statistical Package for Social Sciences Software). Using appropriate statistical methods, dimensional comparisons were made. Results: Insomnia increases with age, Insomnia is more in females than male. There is significant difference in the association of age and the ISI grade and association is statistically significant with p value <0.001.

Keywords: insomnia, ISI, COVID 19, predictors.