Stress and quality of sleep in undergraduate nursing students

Silva, Kézia Katiane Medeiros da; Martino, Milva Maria Figueiredo De; Bezerra, Clarissa Maria Bandeira; Souza, Ângela Monic Lima de; Silva, Danila Maria da; Nunes, Jacqueline Targino

doi:10.1590/0034-7167-2018-0227

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“…In university students, this parameter is related to internet addiction [ 38 ]. These data, together with recent studies showing that the population increased their use of technology before going to bed during lockdown [ 18 ], explain our findings.…”

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confidence: 87%

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Sleep Pattern Changes in Nursing Students during the COVID-19 Lockdown

Romero‐Blanco

Rodríguez‐Almagro

Onieva-Zafra

et al. 2020

IJERPH

134

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The prevalence of poor sleep quality among students is very high and, in nursing students, has been associated with reduced performance, behavioral changes, dietary changes, and even aggressive behavior due to changes in sleep patterns. The lockdown in response to COVID-19 may have resulted in lifestyle changes that affected sleep quality. For this reason, the objective of this study is to determine the difference in nursing students’ sleep quality before and during the lockdown, put in place in response to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. To meet this objective, we conducted a longitudinal observational study on 207 nursing students, with two cut-off points (February and April). The main dependent variable was sleep quality, measured using the Pittsburgh sleep quality index (PSQI) and its seven components. Parametric and nonparametric tests were used for paired and unpaired data, as well as group-stratified analysis. The mean time students spent in bed was 7.6 h (standard deviation (SD) = 1.1 h) before lockdown and 8.5 h (SD = 1.2 h) during lockdown. The PSQI score got 0.91 points worse during lockdown (95% CI, −0.51, −1.31). Of the five components, five were statistically significantly affected (p ≤ 0.05), and of these, the most changed were sleep latency, sleep duration, and sleep efficiency. When stratified by group, we observed differences in women, first-year students, second-year students, alcohol consumers, those of normal weight, and those that live with family. The main conclusion is that although students spent more time in bed, overall sleep quality was worse during lockdown, as well as being worse in five of the seven components.

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confidence: 87%

“…Previous studies talk about impaired performance, behavioral changes, dietary changes, and even aggression in nursing students caused by altered sleep patterns [ 16 , 17 , 18 ].…”

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confidence: 99%

Sleep Pattern Changes in Nursing Students during the COVID-19 Lockdown

Romero‐Blanco

Rodríguez‐Almagro

Onieva-Zafra

et al. 2020

IJERPH

134

114

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“…Comparisons between stress levels and undergraduate periods showed that the highest stress levels were observed from the 1 st to the 5 th period, when compared to other periods, such as the 8 th , whose level is moderate. It was also found that the most significant stress factors were practical activity, professional communication and theoretical activity (33) .…”

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confidence: 99%

Risk factors for coronary artery disease in nursing students

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Objectives: to identify and discuss the main risk factors for coronary artery disease, observed in nursing students. Methods: an observational and cross-sectional study conducted with nursing students at a public college in Niterói, RJ. Data collection involved instruments validated for use in Brazil. PROCAM Quick Check score was used to estimate cardiovascular risk. Results: of the 110 students, 88 (80%) were female, with a mean age of 22.03±3.63 years. The most relevant cardiovascular risk factors were alcohol consumption 62 (56.4%), family history of coronary artery disease 35 (31.8%), poor eating habits (49.5%) and stress, whose domain “Professional training” received the highest mean, with 11.62 ± 3.42 points. Conclusions: the most frequent risk factors in nursing students are stress, inadequate nutrition and risky consumption of alcoholic beverages. These present a low risk for coronary artery disease through PROCAM Quick Check score.

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“…The shorter sleep duration in students who worked can be explained by academic demand, which requires the fulfillment of internships at other times and the performance of activities related to the study, such as research and alike. Students who work and study need a daily planning to take advantage of available time, making their choice to have a constant and adequate period of sleep is not their priority, but rather the execution of student activities (13,24) .…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Although sleep is directly related to the maintenance of a good quality of health, there are still few studies on this theme in academic environments (13) , especially comparing to the concomitance of study with work activity. We defend the hypothesis that students who work have a higher chance of poor sleep quality than those who do not.…”

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Sleep quality and work among nursing vocational students

2021

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Objectives: to analyze quality of sleep among students of technical courses in nursing according to the exercise of work activity. Methods: a cross-sectional and analytical research, with 213 students from Paraná. Characterization data and the Pittsburg Sleep Quality Index were collected between March and June 2020 and analyzed descriptively and inferentially. Results: quality of poor sleep was 76.5% among those who work and 75.3% among those who do not work. Difficulty in reconciling personal and academic life (p=0.016;adjOR:3.450) and indicating anxiety due to school activities (p=0.017;adjOR:3.236) increased the chances of poor sleep quality among working students. Satisfaction with health reduced the chances of poor sleep quality, regardless of exercising work activity (p=0.002;adjOR:0.210) or not (p=0.008;adjOR:0.215). Conclusions: students who performed work activities have worse sleep quality due to anxiety and the multiple activities to be reconciled with the study.

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Stress and quality of sleep in undergraduate nursing students

Cited by 15 publications

References 9 publications

Sleep Pattern Changes in Nursing Students during the COVID-19 Lockdown

Sleep Pattern Changes in Nursing Students during the COVID-19 Lockdown

Risk factors for coronary artery disease in nursing students

Sleep quality and work among nursing vocational students

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