IntroductionLife satisfaction during elderly is essential in ageing process. Globally, insomnia is a problem that degrades thehealth of elderly people, which also interferes with the quality of life.MethodsA descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted to identify life satisfaction and insomnia among 501 communitydwellers elderly of Lalitpur by using structured interview schedule on socio-demographic information, Satisfactionwith Life Scale (SWLS) to measure a life satisfaction and Pittsburgh Insomnia Rating Scale (PIRS) to identify theprevalence of insomnia.ResultsData was edited, classified, and coded manually. Then, data entry and data cleaning were done using Epi datasoftware and data analysis was done using SPSS software version 16. Descriptive and inferential statistics wereused to analyze data. The study showed that 31.9% and 35.7% of respondents were highly satisfied and satisfiedwith their life respectively. However, 6% and 0.6% of respondents were dissatisfied and extremely dissatisfiedwith their life respectively. Study reveals that 50.5% of respondents had insomnia. Ethnicity, current job status,and health problems during night sleep were significantly associated with life satisfaction. Similarly, age, maritalstatus, educational status, current job status, current physical health problems, presence of disease, takingmedication at present and health problems during night sleep were significantly associated with insomnia.ConclusionMost elderly people were satisfied with their life, but majority of them suffered from insomnia. Therefore, it isnecessary to plan awareness program regarding life satisfaction and insomnia by concerned authority to helpelderly to stay healthy and improve their quality of life.
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