Sleep quantity, quality, and insomnia symptoms of medical students during clinical years

Alsaggaf, Mohammed A.; Wali, Siraj; Merdad, Roah; Merdad, Leena

doi:10.15537/smj.2016.2.14288

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“…of Saudi-Arabian medical students revealed insomnia symptoms during their clinical years. 28 A recent crosssectional study performed with the Polish population (age:…”

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Insomnia and the level of stress among students in Krakow, Poland

Średniawa

Drwiła

Krotos

et al. 2019

Trends Psychiatry Psychother.

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Introduction: Stress and insomnia are increasing problems in young people in highly developed countries. They influence both the physical and psychological aspects of life and seem to be related to each other. Various strategies to cope with stress exist and can be used to reduce its level. The main goal of our study was to find a relationship between insomnia, stress, stress-coping strategies and selected social and medical factors among students. Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted in March 2017 among students of seven public Krakow universities, using the Perceived Stress Scale 10, an abbreviated version of the Coping Orientation to Problems Experienced inventory (mini-COPE inventory) and the Athens Insomnia Scale. In the statistical analysis, the chi-square, Student's t test and Spearman's rank correlation coefficient were used. Results: A total of 264 students aged 22.22±1.5 years were involved in the study. High stress levels occurred in 10% of the respondents. A statistically higher level of stress was revealed in people suffering from chronic diseases (p=0.006) and in cigarette smokers (p=0.004). The most common stress-coping strategies were active coping and planning. Insomnia was present in 19.7% of the students. Insomnia level was correlated with the intensity of perceived stress (p=0.00; r=0.44). Conclusions: According to our study, one tenth of Krakow students perceive a high level of stress, and one fifth of the respondents suffer from insomnia. There is a strong positive correlation between level of insomnia and level of stress. To ensure high quality of life, problems such as stress and insomnia should be taken into consideration by every general practitioner.

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“…of Saudi-Arabian medical students revealed insomnia symptoms during their clinical years. 28 A recent crosssectional study performed with the Polish population (age:…”

Section: Comparisons With Other Studiesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Insomnia and the level of stress among students in Krakow, Poland

Średniawa

Drwiła

Krotos

et al. 2019

Trends Psychiatry Psychother.

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“…Among medical students, high levels of stress have been associated with sleep problems. 3 Medical residency is intensive training within a specific branch of medicine, and most residency programs involve prolonged working hours, which is a part of medical training in almost all clinical specialties. Prolonged working hours can be associated with adverse health consequences as a result of sleep deprivation.…”

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Sleep Quality and Related Factors in Medical Residents

Esen

Mercan²,

Kaçar

et al. 2017

Turkish Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care

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Introduction: The aim of this study was to assess the sleep quality and daytime sleepiness of resident doctors, to compare the sleep quality between surgical and medical branch residents and to examine effects of working hours, number of duties, clinical branches and some other daily habits on the sleep quality of resident doctors in a hospital in Turkey. Methods: A survey was conducted to gather data on (i) demographics, lifestyle and daily habits as well as to determine (ii) Epworth sleepiness scale (ESS) score and (iii) Pittsburgh sleep quality index (PSQI) scores of the participants. Data collection was based on the use of a self-administered questionnaire. Results: Of 138 resident doctors, 45.7% were classified as having good sleep quality based on a cut-off score of 5 in PSQI. The mean ESS and PSQI scores were 6.59 ±3.92 and 6.30 ±3.22, respectively. Significantly positive correlations were found between Epworth score and the number of night duties (p=0.010), working hours per week (p=0.006), total cigarettes per day (p=0.033), and daily tea consumption (p=0.013). Also, there were statistically significant positive correlations between PSQI scores and the number of night duties (p<0.001), working hours per week (p=0.007), total cigarettes per day (p=0.013) and daily coffee consumption (p=0.002). Surgical residents had significantly poor sleep quality (p=0.015). ESS score was higher in female residents and surgical residents, with a significant difference in these two sub-groups (p=0.018, p=0.008 respectively). Conclusions: Sleep quality and daytime sleepiness of the resident doctors were closely related to lifestyle factors including working hours, number of night duties and branch of residency as well as to certain demographic factors and daily habits.

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“…In a study of medical students, it was found that approximately 40% of them presented excessive daytime sleepiness, in addition the authors describe that the sleep quality of university students was deficient 22 .…”

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Sleep disorders and anthropometric measures in Chilean university students

Durán-Agüero

Sepulveda

Guerrero-Wyss

2019

Rev Esp Nutr Hum Diet

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Introduction:To compare sleep habits, insomnia and daytime sleepiness in university students according to anthropometrics measures. Material and Methods:A cross-sectional study was carried out on university students using the Epworth Sleepiness Scale, Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index and Insomnia Severity Index. In addition, anthropometric variables were determined; weight, height and waist circumference. Results:We evaluated 1,275 university students (74% female). Students on average slept at midnight and slept on average 6.4 hours, 77.9% sleep less than recommended, 34.2% had daytime somnolence and 68.5% had insomnia. Regarding insomnia, it was observed that the low weight group presented the highest insomnia score that significantly contrasted with the normal weight group (p=0.04). In the case of daytime sleepiness when comparing by nutritional status, it was observed that obese students are the ones with the greatest daytime somnolence (p<0.05). Finally, there is an association between fewer sleep hours with higher BMI (OR:1.12 (95%CI:1.01-1.991)) and presence of insomnia (OR:2.734 (95%CI:1.324-5.645)). Conclusions:University students sleep less than recommended, have a high prevalence of insomnia and excessive daytime sleepiness, in addition, it is obese women who present this alteration more frequently and the highest insomnia score is identified in underweight students. Both a high BMI and insomnia are associated with short-term sleep. Más información: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/ Rev Esp Nutr Hum Diet. 2019; 23(3): 153 -161 Alteraciones del sueño y medidas antropométricas en estudiantes universitarios chilenos 154 Sleep disorders and anthropometric measures in Chilean university students R E S U M E N PALABRAS CLAVE CITATION Durán-Agüero S, Sepúlveda R, Guerrero-Wyss M. Sleep disorders and anthropometric measures in Chilean university students. Rev Esp Nutr Hum Diet. 2019; 23(3): 153-61.

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Sleep quantity, quality, and insomnia symptoms of medical students during clinical years

Cited by 172 publications

References 29 publications

Insomnia and the level of stress among students in Krakow, Poland

Insomnia and the level of stress among students in Krakow, Poland

Sleep Quality and Related Factors in Medical Residents

Sleep disorders and anthropometric measures in Chilean university students

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