Pregnancy could be a common event for girls of reproductive age and is mostly viewed as a joyful occasion. It's the foremost sensitive and most pleasant part of a woman's life. Sleep disorder throughout pregnancy is related to an extended labor and inflated risk of caesarian section furthermore as cardiovascular disorder, diabetes, neurological disorders, respiratory problem, and mood disorder and may result in a restriction of physical activities and a diminished quality of life. Insomnia is one of the foremost issues experienced in pregnancy. This study was a cross sectional study carried out on pregnant women from 1^st January to 31^st December, 2017 in family planning corner of Dhaka medical College Hospital. Among 248 respondents majority of them were in 18-25 years age group (58.5%), most of the respondents were Muslim (97.6%), half of the respondents family type was nuclear (50%). Majority of the respondent’s educational level were S.S.C (46.4%). Most of the respondents were housewife (96.8%) and rest were employed (3.2%). Majority of their family income were 10000- 20000tk (49.2%). Majority of them had no clinically significant insomnia (46.8%), followed by sub threshold insomnia (31.5%), moderate severity insomnia (19.4%) and rest of them had severe insomnia (2.4%). There is no significant association between level of insomnia and age of respondents (p=0.62), type of family (0.60), level of education (p=0.83), husbands occupation (p=0.61), monthly family income (p=0.72).In this study more than half of respondents experienced different level of insomnia. Adequate information regarding sleep should be given to pregnant women during antenatal check-up through health care provider to improve their general health, physical health, social relationship as well as quality of life.

Keywords: Insomnia, Socio-demographic Characteristics, Pregnant Women.

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Dr Irin Hossain

National Institute of Preventive and Social Medicine, Dhaka, Bangladesh