Quality of sleep among university students: effects of nighttime computer and television use

Mesquita, Gema; Reimão, Rubens

doi:10.1590/s0004-282x2010000500009

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“…In the present study, females were more poor sleepers compared to males, which agrees with many previous studies [17][18][19][20][21]. The cause behind gender difference in sleep quality remains unobvious.…”

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Sleep Quality among Medical Students at King Abdulaziz University: A Cross-sectional Study

Nk¹,

Fa²,

Ym³

et al. 2017

J Community Med Health Educ

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Poor sleep quality and Excessive Daytime Sleepiness (EDS) can affect the performance of medical students, their future work as practitioners, and the whole health care system. The study was done to determine the prevalence and predictors of poor sleep quality among medical students in King Abdulaziz University (KAU), Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.A cross-sectional study was done among 576 medical students who were selected through multi-stage stratified random sample. A standardized, confidential, self-administered data collection sheet was utilized. Pittsburg Sleep Quality Index (PSQI), Epworth Sleepiness Scale (ESS), and Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS) were utilized. Descriptive, inferential statistics and multiple logistic regression analysis were done.Results revealed that prevalence of poor sleep quality and EDS among medical students were 70.4% and 37.3%, respectively. Poor sleep quality was associated with students' gender, age, high-Grade Point Average (GPA), anxiety, depression, EDS and drinking caffeinated beverages. Students with poor sleep quality had low ability to attend educational sessions. After controlling confounding, the first predictor of poor sleep quality was having anxiety. Those with morbid anxiety were about 4 times more liable to have poor sleep quality compared to others (aOR=3.92; 95% CI: 2.46-6.24). The second predictor of poor sleeping was enrollment in the basic academic years.It is concluded that poor sleep quality was prevalent among medical students in KAU. Anxiety and enrollment in basic-years were the predictors. Screening programs for sleep disorders, anxiety, and depression among medical students are required. Sleep educational programs, stress management courses and lifestyles modifications are recommended.

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Sleep Quality among Medical Students at King Abdulaziz University: A Cross-sectional Study

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Fa²,

Ym³

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J Community Med Health Educ

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“…For instance, in relation to sleep quality, in Brazil, 'sleepier' students did not achieve as well as the others in terms of their final examinations (13). There have also been many implications due to sleep quality among young people undertaking academic and professional training (14). Similarly, in connection with headaches, migraine and tension headaches, sufferers showed a substantial decrease in school productivity (7).…”

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Symptoms and Health Complaints and Their Association with Perceived Stress at University: Survey of Students at Eleven Faculties in Egypt

Ansari

Oskrochi

Labeeb

et al. 2014

Cent Eur J Public Health

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SUMMARYAims: This study examined the relationships between perceived stress and a range of self reported symptoms and health complaints in a representative sample of students at one university in Egypt.Methods: The data (3,271 students) was collected during the academic year 2009-2010 at eleven faculties at the university of Assiut city, Egypt. A self-administered questionnaire measured health complaints (22 symptoms) and Cohen's Perceived Stress Scale. Socio-demographic and lifestyle data were also collected. Factor analysis generated four groups of health complaints: psychological, circulatory/breathing, gastrointestinal, and pains/aches, and the internal consistency of each group of symptoms was computed using reliability analyses (Cronbach's alpha). Perceived stress was categorized into four levels based on quartiles. Multiple binomial or multinomial logistic regression analyses analysed the relationship between each of the four groups of symptoms and other students' general characteristics adjusted for the effect of all other groups of symptoms.Results: The symptoms most often reported as having occurred sometimes/very often in the last 12 months were fatigue (85.3%), difficulties to concentrate (78.1%), headache (77.9%), and mood swings (74.5%), while nervousness/anxiety (63.2%) and sleep disorder (63.7%) affected many students. Multinominal logistic regression revealed a clear association and a linear trend between increasing level of stress and a higher frequency of psychological symptoms that remained significant after adjustment for other groups of symptoms. There were no associations between perceived stress and circulatory/breathing symptoms, gastrointestinal symptoms, or for pains/aches. Poor health was consistently associated with higher frequency of symptoms across all symptom groups except for gastrointestinal symptoms. Higher health awareness was associated with lower frequency of psychological and circulatory/breathing symptoms but not for the other two symptom groups. Better quality of life was associated with lower frequency of psychological and partly for circulatory/breathing symptoms, but not for the other two symptom groups. There were differences in levels of psychological symptoms and of perceived stress between faculties, where students of Physical Education showed the lowest risk profile regarding both psychological symptoms and perceived stress, while students of Veterinary Medicine showed the highest risk profile. Across all four symptom groups, females had higher ratings of complaints than males.Conclusions: The high prevalence of health complaints especially of psychological and pains/aches type of symptoms raise concern and calls for preventive actions at universities. Comprehensive programmes would be recommended that take the co-occurence of perceived stress and health complaints into account.

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“…These high rates of poor sleep quality have also been found cross culturally. In a sample of Brazilian university students (N=710), 61 % reported poor sleep quality [20]. Racial differences in sleep quality have not been reported between African American and White students [11], but again there are few studies in this area.…”

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Sleep Competing Activities and Sleep Problems in Minority College Students

Billings

Berg‐Cross

2014

J. Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities

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This study addressed health disparities in sleep duration, sleep quality, and daytime sleepiness among African-American college students. To investigate evening behaviors promoting insufficient and inadequate sleep, we assessed electronic (e.g., computer and music) and nonelectronic (e.g., socializing) sleep competing activities (SCA). Students (N=154) were recruited from a Historically Black College (HBCU). The results showed more dysfunction than has previously been reported in college populations, with HBCU students reporting very short sleep durations, high levels of daytime sleepiness, and poor sleep quality. These students engaged in many activities during the evening, and these activities predicted unhealthy sleep. Whereas electronic and nonelectronic activities significantly impacted sleep quality and sleep duration, only electronic activities were significantly related to sleep latency and only nonelectronic activities were significantly related to daytime sleepiness. We conclude that sleep is a major concern for college students and, in particular, racial minority college students. Understanding the role of SCA can help address the various environmental barriers for successful treatment of these young adults.Keywords College students . Sleep quality . Excessive daytime sleepiness . Sleep competing activities Previous research has highlighted the relationship between sleep problems and a variety of physical (e.g., diabetes mellitus, hypertension, obesity, and pain) [1][2][3][4] and mental health concerns [5]. The link between sleep problems and health risks continues throughout adulthood [2]. Evidence suggest that many college students report unhealthy sleep parameters [6] and that younger adults report unhealthier sleep than older adults [7]. With an eye toward reducing health risks, this study focused on understanding how sleep competing activities (SCA) were related to sleep problems in a vulnerable minority college-age population. Given the large amount of time that students spend with electronics and its impact on sleep [8], coupled with their risk for circadian and delayed sleep phase problems [9], this study also investigated if activities based around electronics (e.g., computers and phone applications) affect sleep differently than nonelectronic sleep activities such as socializing or studying.While there are many types of sleep problems, inadequate sleep duration, poor sleep quality, and excessive daytime sleepiness (EDS) are among the most common and most widely studied. Inadequate sleep duration and poor sleep quality often co-occur and produce EDS, although each of these three sleep problems can occur independently of one another. Achieving optimal healthy sleep requires adequate sleep duration, infrequent sleep onset and maintenance difficulties, and optimal sleep timing, all of which cumulatively produce an appropriate level of daytime alertness.In college students, many of these previously mentioned sleep parameters are inadequate. For example, research over the past three decad...

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Quality of sleep among university students: effects of nighttime computer and television use

Cited by 68 publications

References 19 publications

Sleep Quality among Medical Students at King Abdulaziz University: A Cross-sectional Study

Sleep Quality among Medical Students at King Abdulaziz University: A Cross-sectional Study

Symptoms and Health Complaints and Their Association with Perceived Stress at University: Survey of Students at Eleven Faculties in Egypt

Sleep Competing Activities and Sleep Problems in Minority College Students

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