Association of exercise, sleep habits, washing of hands, nails hygiene and dietary habits with the development of digestive disorders. an observational study

ABSTRACT

Due to modern life style and industrialization, people are becoming careless towards the personal hygiene practices like washing of hands, nails hygiene, dietary, exercise and sleep habits. Therefore, digestive diseases are more common nowadays. The objective was to assess the association of washing of hands, nails hygiene, dietary, exercise and sleep habits with digestive disorders in the patients attending NIUM Hospital, Bangalore, India. The present study was an observational, cross sectional hospital based study. 505 patients were randomly selected, 41 of them had digestive disorders. A schedule [proforma] having necessary questions regarding the washing of hands, nails hygiene, dietary habits, exercise and sleep habits was employed to get the data. The fulfilled proforma were analyzed statistically. Digestive diseases were found associated with unhygienic conditions of hands, nails and dietary imbalance, negligence towards exercise and sleep disturbances. Observance of principles of personal hygiene like washing of hands, nails hygiene, dietary habits, exercise and sleep habits put the digestive diseases at bay