Prevalence of Fibromyalgia and Its Correlation with Insomnia Among Housewives - A Cross Sectional Study

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Fibromyalgia and Insomnia are increasingly recognized problems now a day. This preliminary study investigates the prevalence of Fibromyalgia and insomnia among housewives. Since the studies among housewives are rare ,we chose housewives as our study sample. METHODS: A survey method of study was used. A sample consists of 206 subjects at a range of 20-60yrs were recruited. A self structured demographic data, Widespread Pain Index, Symptom Severity Scale and Insomnia Severity Index were used to collect the data. RESULT: This cross-sectional study shows that there is a prevalence of Fibromyalgia and Insomnia among housewives. From the study we found that, out of 206 subjects 37 (17.96%)had fibromyalgia and 106 (51.45%) had insomnia. After analyzing this we concluded that there is a positive correlation between Fibromyalgia and Insomnia among housewives. CONCLUSION: This study concluded that there is a prevalence of Fibromyalgia and Insomnia among house wives. There is a positive correlation between fibromyalgia and insomnia with advancing age. Hence our study emphasise the importance of conventional physiotherapy exercises with relaxation techniques to prevent the occurrence of fibromyalgia associated with insomnia. It is important to give awareness about the condition and prevention of it to improve the quality of life, as they are playing a vital role in the development of our society. Keywords: Fibromyalgia, Insomnia, Housewives, Widespread pain index, Symptom severity scale, Insomnia severity index.