ASSESSMENT OF THE EFFECT OF, “NIDRA” WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO KRUSHATA IN I.T. WORKERS
Dr. Deepika P. Chaudhari*, Dr. Meenakshi A. Randive and Dr. Pradip R. Kinage
ABSTRACT
Sleep is one of the natural instincts of the body. Today, due to changing lifestyle & competitive atmosphere in the world, a man has to work for several hours. The demarcating line between day & night is seen to blur away. Ayurveda explains that improper sleep leads to „Krushata‟ (leanness). Krushata, if not treated in time can get transformed into Atikrusha condition which has many side-effects. But, working at night also is the need of today‟s world for sustaining in the competition or fulfillment of many needs of a family. It is necessary in some areas of IT, to work at whole night. Such workers can‟t sleep at night. These people are at higher risk of the diseases arising due to improper sleep. In present study, only night workers were selected to observe the effect of suppression of sleep at night (ratri-jagarana) on their body with special reference to the symptom „Krushata‟. BMI is the convenient & reliable indicator for assessment of Krushata, which is recommended by W.H.O. Hence BMI was used as a tool for assessment of „krushata‟. Along with krushata many other symptoms arising due to ratri-jagarana were also studied in this study. Sleep has a great clinical importance. One‟s health status can be accessed from nature of his/her sleep. Hence, staying awake at night (Ratri-jagarana) should always be avoided. This study was an attempt, to observe the effect of “Nidra” with special reference to symptom „Krushata‟ in night shift IT workers.
Keywords: Improper sleep, Krushata, BMI.
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