1Assistant Professor, Department of Physiology, Vardhman Institute of Medical Sciences, Pawapuri
2Resident, Maharaja Agrasen Hospital, Delhi
3Associate Professor & H.O.D, Department of Physiology, Vardhman Institute of Medical Sciences, Pawapuri
4Tutor, Department of Physiology, Vardhman Institute of Medical Sciences, Pawapuri
This study was conducted to assesss the quality of sleep among undergraduate medical students.
This work is a cross-sectional questionnaire-based study conducted at VIMS, Pawapuri during the month of Januaury in 2017. The participants in this study were 307 undergraduate M.B.B.S students of the 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th academic year of this college. A self-administered questionnaires were distributed to the students which collected information regarding participants'age, gender, habitat, physical activity, body mass index, addictions, year of study, residence and background, Pittsburg sleep quality index (PSQI) score and Epworth sleepiness scale.
A total of 307 responses with a rate of 80% were obtained. According to the PSQI score, 67.42% of participants were considered to have abnormal sleep quality, with a statistically significant increase in female students (P < 0.05) and those having daytime sleepiness (ESS >10) (P<.0001).
A very high prevalence of poor sleep quality was found among the medical students specifically among female students. There was a significant relationship of abnormal PSQI scores with female students (P < 0.05) and those having daytime sleepiness (P<.0001).
Medical Students, Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index(PSQI), Sleep Quality, Epworth Sleepiness Scale (ESS)
