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KMID : 0378019870300030121
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New Medical Journal
1987 Volume.30 No. 3 p.121 ~ p.132
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A study of Insomnia on Adult Out-Patients
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Abstract
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This study was planned to investigate the type of insomnia of adult patients in order to provide d. to basic to the comprehensive care of individuals suffering from insomnia.
Data were gathered from 220 (103 male, 117 female) persons registered psychiatric and general medic al out-patients clinic of a general hospital located in Seoul.
SDS (Zung, 1967) and STAI (Spielberger, 1970) were used to gather data on emotional, psychologi..1 factors influencing the insomnia.
Data on individual sleep pattern were gathered by Sleep inventory developed by the researcher a d the type of insomnia were assessed by the researcher.
Data were analysed by frequency, percentile score, Chi-square test and one-way ANOVA. Results are as follows;
1. Among 220 subjects, 142 (64.5%) revealed to suffer from insomnia; DFA (43.7%) revealed to be the most common type of insomnia followed by CT (38.7%) TI (8.5%), BS (5.6%) and EMA (3.5%).
2. 64(66.7%) of psychiatric out-patients and 78(62.9%)of general medical out-patients revealed to suff r from insomnia; no significant difference between the type of health problems was revealed.
3. 170(79.1%) subjects self-reported perceived-insomnia using the 5 criteria by the researcher.
4. Significant difference (P=0.0158) was revealed on the level of night sleep disturbance by meagre noi?e or/and touch between the subjects of insomnia and non-insomnia. However, most of the subjects, wi h TI (58.3%) were not disturbed while most of BS subjects (87.5%) were disturbed by meagre moise it touch.
5. 17(12.1%) among insomnia subjects were unable to fall asleep after a brief night-sleep break, whi - none among non-insomnia subjects.
6. 48(34.3%) of insomnia subjects and 9 (11.8%) revealed to have taken/taking sleeping pills; significa t difference was revealed. (P=0.0043)
7. Significant difference on the level of anxiety between subjects of insomnia (49.21) and of non-insomni: (45.11) was revealed. (P=0.016).
8. Significant difference on the level of depression between subjects of insomnia (50.32) and of non-insomni (46.06) was revealed. (P=0.002)
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