Las dificultades del sueño son altamente prevalentes en los estudiantes de medicina, por lo que es necesario contar con mayor evidencia acerca de cómo sus hábitos contribuyen sobre la calidad del mismo. Objetivos: Evaluar la asociación entre algunos hábitos de salud y tener dificultad en el sueño en alumnos de medicina de primer año. Diseño: Estudio transversal, descriptivo. Institución: Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México. Participantes: Alumnos de primer año de medicina. Intervenciones: Estudio en 572 alumnos de primer año de medicina con edad promedio de 18,6 años, 37% hombres, de una institución educativa pública de México, seleccionados a través de un muestreo no probabilístico. Se utilizó tres preguntas de la Symptom Check List (SCL90) para considerar dificultad del sueño y 18 preguntas correspondientes al apartado II del Perfil de Estrés de Nowack para evaluar los hábitos de salud. Mediante regresiones logísticas simples, se obtuvo los odds ratio (OR) de los hábitos de salud con respecto a la presencia/ausencia de dificultad del sueño. Principales medidas de resultados: Hábitos de sueño. Resultados: Los hábitos como ‘alta promoción del descanso-sueño’ (OR=0,15; IC95%=0,04 a 0,64) y ‘alta prevención del riesgo’ (OR=0,59; IC95%=0,41 a 0,86) se asociaron a la ausencia de dificultad del sueño. Conclusiones: Pese a que la ‘promoción del descanso sueño’ fue el hábito menos comunicado por los estudiantes, estuvo asociado a la ausencia de dificultad del sueño con respecto a otros hábitos de salud.
The purpose of this research was to investigate the extent to which procrastination occurs in first-year medical students and the reasons for this behavior. It was a cross-sectional study conducted with 388 medical students from a public university in Mexico City. The Procrastination Assessment Scale-Students (PASS) was used. A descriptive analysis of procrastination behaviors and the reasons for their manifestation was carried out using frequencies and percentages. On the other hand, a comparative analysis was performed using the Mann-Whitney U test for sex, age, and school of origin. In addition, Kruskal-Wallis and Bonferroni tests were performed for high school grade point average, mother's education, and the people with whom the students lived when applying the instrument. About 30% of the students reported postponing homework or studying, while 27% or less postpone other activities (e.g., tutoring or academic paperwork). As for the reasons why students delay their chores, the ones that stand out are: poor time management, feeling overwhelmed, laziness, frustration (because they think the task takes too much time), anxiety about the evaluation, perfectionism, and difficulty in making decisions when performing the task. As a result of the comparative analysis, it was found that younger people tend to procrastinate less than older people (Z= -2.42; p= .016) when postponing their homework. Males tend to do it more than females as a way of experiencing excitement when rebelling against control (Z= -2.76; p= .006) and taking risks (Z= -2.32; p= .020). However, female students tend to procrastinate more than males when they felt overwhelmed by academic work and the lack of time to carry it out (Z= -2.47; p= .013). In addition, those who attended private schools during high school tend to procrastinate more than those who attended public academies when they have doubts and require assistance but find it difficult to ask the teacher or other people (Z= -2.33; p= .020). In conclusion, the results of this work will help to know the motivation for postponing academic activities and the influences associated with delaying these responsibilities, and therefore, to develop proposals on dealing with bad practices.
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