INTRODUCTION
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. Sleep disorders are important because of effects on the lives of people as well as the impact of health spending. In a study to evaluate sleep disorders in primary care; a questionnaire was applied to 35327 adults in ten countries from four continents and it was determined that one out of four people in the world had sleep disturbances and 95% of the population had insomnia in some part of their lives and less than one third of these people applied for help to the health institution [1]. Although it is very common in the community, as stated in the study, most of the patients with sleep disorders do not apply to health institutions or physicians. This situation delay the diagnosis of these diseases. The diagnosis, treatment and follow-up of the common diseases in the community is made by family physicians who evaluate the patients on the basis of biopsychosocial approach, thus increasing the rate of diagnosis and treatment of these patients and decreasing the problems caused by sleep disorders throughout the society. In a study conducted on patients who applied to primary health care facilities due to sleep problems, it was stated that physicians and patients also wanted sleep disorders to be addressed in primary health care [2]. In our study, we aimed to evaluate the sleep disorders, sleep quality of the patients who applied to family health centers, to determine the situations that might be related with insomnia and to determine the insomnia rates of the general population in primary care.