Original Research Article
Year: 2020 | Month: July-September | Volume: 5 | Issue: 3 | Pages: 117-120
Prevalence of Sleep Disturbances in Menstrual Cycle Irregularities: A Pilot Study
Ramanpreet Kaur1, Sutantar Singh2, Kavita Kaushal3
1Physiotherapy Intern, College of Physiotherapy, AIMSR, Bathinda
2Assistant Professor, College of Physiotherapy, AIMSR, Bathinda
3Professor, College of Physiotherapy, AIMSR, Bathinda
Corresponding Author: Sutantar Singh
ABSTRACT
Introduction: The poor sleep pattern of adolescents may disturb circadian rhythm which affect the menstrual cycle of female adolescent. Thus this study aimed to find out the prevalence of sleep disturbances in Menstrual Cycle Irregularities among female students of Adesh University Bathinda.
Materials and Methods: The current study was conducted in female students of Adesh University Bathinda and 100 subjects were included on the basis of inclusion and exclusion criteria. Self administered Questionnaire was used to assess prevalence of sleep disturbances in Menstrual cycle irregularities. The data was collected and percentage analysis was used to interpret the results.
Result: Duly filled Questionnaire was analyzed for each component. 11 questions were asked from100 subjects, the result showed that 47% are taking 4-7 hour sleep during menstruation, 64% were feeling trouble in falling asleep at night, 66% female students did not have sound sleep during Menstruation and 61% were having breaks in between sleep at night.
Conclusion: Current study concluded that most of female students were having disturbed sleep during menstrual cycle irregularities and they were also having breaks during sleep and trouble falling asleep at night.
Keywords: Menstrual cycle, Irregularities, Sleep Quality, Sleep Disturbance, Prevalence