Sleep quality and its association with psychological distress and sleep hygiene: a crosssectional study among pre-clinical medical students
Objective: This study aimed to investigate subjective sleep quality and its association with demographics, psychological health, and sleep hygiene related behaviors in pre-clinical medical students. Methods: In this cross-sectional study, a self-administered questionnaire consistin...
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| author | Mojtaba Rezaei Moein Khormali Samaneh Akbarpour Khosro Sadeghniiat-Hagighi Mansour Shamsipour |
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| description | Objective: This study aimed to investigate subjective sleep quality and its association with
demographics, psychological health, and sleep hygiene related behaviors in pre-clinical medical
students. Methods: In this cross-sectional study, a self-administered questionnaire consisting of
demographics, sleep hygiene behaviors, Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI), and Depression,
Anxiety and Stress Scale-21 (DASS21) was handed out to all medical students of Tehran University
of Medical Sciences at pre-clinical stage. Results: The questionnaire was filled out by 553 (89.7%)
of 616 students approached. About 60% of our sample had a global PSQI score of more than 5
(cut off of poor sleep quality) with mean global PSQI score of 6.32 (SD=2.72). The prevalence of
moderate to extremely severe depression, anxiety and stress scores were 26.1%, 29.61%, and 14.5%
respectively. Poor sleep quality was associated with later year in the school, psychological distress
and several lifestyle behaviors. Constructing a multivariate logistic model, depression, anxiety and
some sleep hygiene behaviors were significantly associated with higher PSQI score. Discussion:
Our findings suggest that poor sleep quality is a common problem among pre-clinical medical
students and is associated with some psychological symptoms and sleep hygiene behaviors. This
issue demonstrates necessity of interventions to improve the sleep quality in this population group. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-20f60e7c70a243e799d8bd4231198e302024-01-02T17:58:08ZengThieme Revinter Publicações Ltda.Sleep Science1984-06591984-00632018-12-0111427428010.5935/1984-0063.20180043Sleep quality and its association with psychological distress and sleep hygiene: a crosssectional study among pre-clinical medical studentsMojtaba Rezaei0Moein Khormali1Samaneh Akbarpour2Khosro Sadeghniiat-Hagighi3Mansour Shamsipour4 Occupational Sleep Research Center, Baharloo Hospital, Tehran University of Medical Sciences - Tehran - Tehran - Iran. Occupational Sleep Research Center, Baharloo Hospital, Tehran University of Medical Sciences - Tehran - Tehran - Iran. Department of Epidemiology & Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences - Tehran - Tehran - Iran. Occupational Sleep Research Center, Baharloo Hospital, Tehran University of Medical Sciences - Tehran - Tehran - Iran. Institute for Environmental Research, Department of Research Methodology and Data Analysis,Tehran University of Medical Sciences - Tehran - Tehran - Iran.Objective: This study aimed to investigate subjective sleep quality and its association with demographics, psychological health, and sleep hygiene related behaviors in pre-clinical medical students. Methods: In this cross-sectional study, a self-administered questionnaire consisting of demographics, sleep hygiene behaviors, Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI), and Depression, Anxiety and Stress Scale-21 (DASS21) was handed out to all medical students of Tehran University of Medical Sciences at pre-clinical stage. Results: The questionnaire was filled out by 553 (89.7%) of 616 students approached. About 60% of our sample had a global PSQI score of more than 5 (cut off of poor sleep quality) with mean global PSQI score of 6.32 (SD=2.72). The prevalence of moderate to extremely severe depression, anxiety and stress scores were 26.1%, 29.61%, and 14.5% respectively. Poor sleep quality was associated with later year in the school, psychological distress and several lifestyle behaviors. Constructing a multivariate logistic model, depression, anxiety and some sleep hygiene behaviors were significantly associated with higher PSQI score. Discussion: Our findings suggest that poor sleep quality is a common problem among pre-clinical medical students and is associated with some psychological symptoms and sleep hygiene behaviors. This issue demonstrates necessity of interventions to improve the sleep quality in this population group.http://sleepscience.org.br/export-pdf/526/ssci-11-04-0274.pdfsleepStudentsMedicalbehavior |
| spellingShingle | Mojtaba Rezaei Moein Khormali Samaneh Akbarpour Khosro Sadeghniiat-Hagighi Mansour Shamsipour Sleep quality and its association with psychological distress and sleep hygiene: a crosssectional study among pre-clinical medical students Sleep Science sleep Students Medical behavior |
| title | Sleep quality and its association with
psychological distress and sleep hygiene: a crosssectional
study among pre-clinical medical
students |
| title_full | Sleep quality and its association with
psychological distress and sleep hygiene: a crosssectional
study among pre-clinical medical
students |
| title_fullStr | Sleep quality and its association with
psychological distress and sleep hygiene: a crosssectional
study among pre-clinical medical
students |
| title_full_unstemmed | Sleep quality and its association with
psychological distress and sleep hygiene: a crosssectional
study among pre-clinical medical
students |
| title_short | Sleep quality and its association with
psychological distress and sleep hygiene: a crosssectional
study among pre-clinical medical
students |
| title_sort | sleep quality and its association with psychological distress and sleep hygiene a crosssectional study among pre clinical medical students |
| topic | sleep Students Medical behavior |
| url | http://sleepscience.org.br/export-pdf/526/ssci-11-04-0274.pdf |
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