A DESCRIPTIVE STUDY TO ASSESS THE LEVEL OF KNOWLEDGE REGARDING INSOMNIA AMONG THE RELATIVES OF ELDERLY PEOPLE IN A SELECTED COMMUNITY AREA AT KANCHEEPURAM DISTRICT, TAMILNADU INDIA.

T.Priya; Shanthini Begum; Parthiban.P; Manjula.T.R; Ajitha Alex

Volume : VI, Issue : VIII, August - 2017

A DESCRIPTIVE STUDY TO ASSESS THE LEVEL OF KNOWLEDGE REGARDING INSOMNIA AMONG THE RELATIVES OF ELDERLY PEOPLE IN A SELECTED COMMUNITY AREA AT KANCHEEPURAM DISTRICT, TAMILNADU INDIA.

T. Priya, Shanthini Begum, Parthiban. P, Manjula. T. R, Ajitha Alex

Abstract :

A study to assess the level knowledge regarding insomnia among the relatives of elderly people in a selected community area at, Kancheepuram District Tamil Nadu, India. The objectives were to assess the level of knowledge on insomnia among relatives of elderly people in a selected community and to find out the significant association between the knowledge on insomnia and the selected demographic variables. The study shows that 14 % of the relatives of elderly people are having inadequate knowledge, 53% of the relatives of elderly people are having moderate knowledge and 33% of the relatives of elderly people are having adequate knowledge. The mean value is 8.172 and the standard deviation is 0.2417.