Applied Information Aspects of Medicine (Prikladnye informacionnye aspekty mediciny)Applied Information Aspects of Medicine (Prikladnye informacionnye aspekty mediciny)2070-9277Voronezh State Medical University named after N.N. Burdenko - The State Budgetary Institution of Higher Professional Education «Voronezh State Medical University named after N.N. Burdenko» of the Ministry of Public Health of the Russian225710.18499/2070-9277-2019-22-1-62-65Original ArticleRISK FACTORS OF INSOMNIA AMONG THE ELDERLY:DETECTION AND CORRECTIONBalashovaM E-Korol'kovaA V-UsmanovA F-15122019221626524042020Copyright © 2019, Прикладные информационные аспекты медицины2019The article deals with the risk factors of insomnia among the elderly. In order to identify the risk factors of insomnia in the elderly, a survey of patients who applied for an appointment with a General practitioner in the Department of General practice №1 of the city of Saratov was conducted. The questionnaire included 39 questions and did not cause difficulties in patients when filling out. The study involved 100 elderly people. The study allowed to establish the risk factors of insomnia in elderly patients. On the basis of the obtained results, the methods of correction of the identified risk factors are developed. The defining conditions of prevention were: refusal to watch TV before going to bed, Smoking and taking caffeine drinks in the afternoon, timely treatment of the underlying disease, the symptom of which is a sleep disorder.insomniaelderlyrisk factorsинсомнияпожилыефакторы риска1.Балашова M.E., Шеметова Г.Н., Шишкина M.C. Интегрированный подход к формированию здорового образа жизни и вопросы профилактического консультирования на амбулаторно-поликлиническом этапе// Интегративные исследования в медицине: научные труды III Всероссийской (с международным участием) научно-практической конференции. Саратов: ИЦ «Наука», 2014; с. 178-1802.Мелёхин А.И. Когнитивно-поведенческая психотерапия расстройства сна в пожилом и старческом возрасте // Консультативная психология и психотерапия. 2015. Том 23. № 1. С. 82-103.3.Соколова Л.П., Кислый Н.Д. Нарушения сна у пожилых: особенности терапии // Consilium medicum. - 2007. - Т. 9, № 2. - С. 133-137.4.JoshiS. Nonpharmacologic therapy for insomnia in the eldery.Clin Geriatr Med. 2008; 24:107-19.5.Kupfer DJ, Reynolds CF., 3rd Management of insomnia. N Engl J Med. 2012; 336:341-6.6.Lacks P, Rotert M. Knowledge and practice of sleep hygiene techniques in insomniacs and good sleepers. Behav Res Ther.1986; 24:365-8.7.Lichstein KL. Relaxation. In: Lichstein KL, Morin CM, editors. Treatment of late-life insomniae. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage; 2010. pp. 297-319.8.Morin CM, Kowatch RA, Barry T, Walton E. Cognitive-behavior therapy for late-life insomnia. J Consult Clin Psychol. 2013;61:137-46. 9. Riemann D, Perlis ML. The treatments of chronic insomnia: A review of benzodiazepine receptor agonists and psychological and behavioral therapies. Sleep Med Rev. 2009; 13: 205-14.9.Schultz V, Hansel R, Tyler VE. Rational Phytotherapy: A Physician's Guide to Herbal Medicine. 3rd ed. Berlin: Springer-Verlag; 2015. Restless and sleep disturbances; p. 73-88.10.Маркин С.П. Современный взгляд на проблему сна/Маркин С.П., Маркина В.А.//Научно-медицинский вестник Центрального Черноземья. 2011. № 44. С. 134-137.