WHAT’S KNOWN?
Sleep disorders are common disorders in the community, which effect both physical and mental health, closely related to work and social life, which can cause loss of work and work force, can lead to life-threatening serious complications and work accidents.
WHAT’S NEW?
Despite the high prevalence of sleep disorders and their significant consequences, sleep complaints are generally not addressed by primary care physicians. According to the results of the study we conducted to determine the sleep quality, insomnia, OSAS risks and related factors of the patients who applied to family physicians, 72.9% of the patients who applied to family medicine had poor sleep quality, 27.4% had high OSAS risk and 46% had 2 were found to have insomnia.