A comparative study to check the effectiveness of cardiospermumhalicacabum over simillimum in improving the quality of sleep in patients having chronic osteoarthritic pain

Abstract

Osteoarthritis is one of the commonest diseases of the elderly people causing disabilities and difficulty in performing day to day activities of their life. OA being the comorbidity disease for sleep deprivation has made the patients to face problems in their night sleep. In this study, totally 30 cases were taken as the sample group where 45 - 55 age group (30%), and 56 – 65 age group (37%) were affected mostly. On analysis, the incidence of OA associated sleep disturbance was found to show female predominance females (60%).