TYPES OF SLEEP DISORDERS IN PATIENTS WITH STROKE- A PROSPECTIVE OBSERVATIONAL COHORT STUDY IN A TERTIARY CARE TEACHING HOSPITAL

A sleep disorder, or somnipathy, is a slowly growing medical disorder of the sleep patterns of a person or animal. Some sleep disorders are serious enough to interfere with normal physical, mental, social and emotional functions. Sleep disorders majorly observed in the patients with stroke, people age 50 and above.

The methodology of this study involves, the subjects who satisfy the study category are taken into study and patient consent form was taken. Subject information was collected using data collection forms and details of the study were secured. Later the standard questionnaires are asked and filled before and after the treatment.

The collected data from the subjects with the help of questionnaires are assessed to determine the type of sleep disorders in subjects who are newly diagnosed with stroke (both ischemic and haemorrhagic).

Results obtained in our study concludes that Snoring is the most common type sleep disorder in patients with stroke followed by Day time sleepiness followed by Sleep talking followed by Sleep apnoea followed by Night terrors followed by Sleep paralysis followed by Bruxism, Restless leg syndrome, Nightmares and Narcolepsy.

However, sleep disorders are self-limiting in the early stages, so by educating bringing awareness about medication usage, lifestyle modification, dietary modifications, sleep hygiene and by counselling and providing patient information leaflets we observed there is a gradual decrease in symptoms. Increasing awareness and improving screening for sleep disorders plays a key role in the primary and secondary prevention of stroke and in improving stroke outcomes. ^[2][3]

Keywords: Sleep Disorders, Snoring, Day time sleepiness, Sleep talking, Sleep apnea, Night terrors, Sleep paralysis, Bruxism, Restless leg syndrome, Nightmares and Narcolepsy, Stroke.