Comparison of sleep patterns of postmenopausal against young women

Objectives: To compare the sleep habits in postmenopausal against younger group of females. Cross sectional study. Methodology: This cross sectional study was conducted in Riphah International University Islamabad from March 2010 to 2011. Sixty females participated in the study, who were divided into two Groups: A comprising 30 young females (n=30) and Group B comprising post-menopausal females (n= 30). Both groups were selected by simple random technique. A questionnaire was designed for assessing their sleep habits and enzyme-linked fluorescent immunoassay (ELFA) technique was used to analyze serum estrogen levels. Students’ t test was used for quantitative and chi square for qualitative data. A p