Anxiety and poor sleep quality in medical students. Is there a relationship with anemia?
<p><strong>Introduction:</strong> Medical students are often vulnerable to mental health disorders such as anxiety and poor sleep quality. Both can have a negative impact on their eating behavior, which could generate middle- and long-term anemia-related problems during their studi...
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| author | Raisa Espinoza-Henriquez Erika Diaz-Mejia Ángel J Quincho-Estares Carlos Jesus Toro-Huamanchumo |
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| description | <p><strong>Introduction:</strong> Medical students are often vulnerable to mental health disorders such as anxiety and poor sleep quality. Both can have a negative impact on their eating behavior, which could generate middle- and long-term anemia-related problems during their studies.</p><p><strong>Objective:</strong> To identify the prevalence of anxiety and poor sleep quality and to evaluate the association with anemia in medical students of a Peruvian public university.</p><p><strong>Material and Methods:</strong> We conducted a cross-sectional analytical study in 80 medical students from the first to the fourth year. We used the Beck Anxiety Inventory (BAI) and the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI) to assess anxiety symptoms and sleep quality, respectively. We also included sociodemographic, academic, and behavioral data. Likewise, we determined the presence of anemia by obtaining hemoglobin results, following the procedures stipulated by the Peruvian Ministry of Health.</p><p><strong>Results:</strong> We found a percentage of anxiety and poor sleep quality of 62.5% and 63,7%, respectively. To be female (RPa: 1,39; 95 % CI: 1,01-1,91) and to have moderate anemia (PRa: 1,31; 95 % CI: 1,06-1,64) were associated with anxiety. On the other hand, the factors associated with poor sleep quality were to be located in Clinics (PRa: 1,54, 95 % CI: 1,17-2,02) and to have moderate anemia (PRa: 1,52, CI95 %: 1,09-2,11).</p><p><strong>Conclusion:</strong> Anxiety and sleep quality were frequent problems in the medical students studied. Moderate anemia was an associated factor for both cases.</p> |
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| spelling | doaj.art-42a7a59177d949879b9413cd7656723b2022-12-22T00:53:56ZengUniversidad de Ciencias Médicas de La HabanaRevista Habanera de Ciencias Médicas1729-519X2019-12-011869429561519Anxiety and poor sleep quality in medical students. Is there a relationship with anemia?Raisa Espinoza-Henriquez0Erika Diaz-Mejia1Ángel J Quincho-Estares2Carlos Jesus Toro-Huamanchumo3Universidad Nacional del Santa, Escuela Profesional de Medicina Humana. Ancash.Universidad Nacional del Santa, Escuela Profesional de Medicina Humana. Ancash.Universidad Nacional del Centro del Perú, Facultad de Medicina Humana. Huancayo.Universidad San Ignacio de Loyola, Unidad de Investigación para la Generación y Síntesis de Evidencias en Salud. Lima. Association for the Study of Medical Education (ASME). Edinburgh, United Kingdom.<p><strong>Introduction:</strong> Medical students are often vulnerable to mental health disorders such as anxiety and poor sleep quality. Both can have a negative impact on their eating behavior, which could generate middle- and long-term anemia-related problems during their studies.</p><p><strong>Objective:</strong> To identify the prevalence of anxiety and poor sleep quality and to evaluate the association with anemia in medical students of a Peruvian public university.</p><p><strong>Material and Methods:</strong> We conducted a cross-sectional analytical study in 80 medical students from the first to the fourth year. We used the Beck Anxiety Inventory (BAI) and the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI) to assess anxiety symptoms and sleep quality, respectively. We also included sociodemographic, academic, and behavioral data. Likewise, we determined the presence of anemia by obtaining hemoglobin results, following the procedures stipulated by the Peruvian Ministry of Health.</p><p><strong>Results:</strong> We found a percentage of anxiety and poor sleep quality of 62.5% and 63,7%, respectively. To be female (RPa: 1,39; 95 % CI: 1,01-1,91) and to have moderate anemia (PRa: 1,31; 95 % CI: 1,06-1,64) were associated with anxiety. On the other hand, the factors associated with poor sleep quality were to be located in Clinics (PRa: 1,54, 95 % CI: 1,17-2,02) and to have moderate anemia (PRa: 1,52, CI95 %: 1,09-2,11).</p><p><strong>Conclusion:</strong> Anxiety and sleep quality were frequent problems in the medical students studied. Moderate anemia was an associated factor for both cases.</p>http://www.revhabanera.sld.cu/index.php/rhab/article/view/2790ansiedadsueñoanemiaeducación médicaestudiantes de medicina |
| spellingShingle | Raisa Espinoza-Henriquez Erika Diaz-Mejia Ángel J Quincho-Estares Carlos Jesus Toro-Huamanchumo Anxiety and poor sleep quality in medical students. Is there a relationship with anemia? Revista Habanera de Ciencias Médicas ansiedad sueño anemia educación médica estudiantes de medicina |
| title | Anxiety and poor sleep quality in medical students. Is there a relationship with anemia? |
| title_full | Anxiety and poor sleep quality in medical students. Is there a relationship with anemia? |
| title_fullStr | Anxiety and poor sleep quality in medical students. Is there a relationship with anemia? |
| title_full_unstemmed | Anxiety and poor sleep quality in medical students. Is there a relationship with anemia? |
| title_short | Anxiety and poor sleep quality in medical students. Is there a relationship with anemia? |
| title_sort | anxiety and poor sleep quality in medical students is there a relationship with anemia |
| topic | ansiedad sueño anemia educación médica estudiantes de medicina |
| url | http://www.revhabanera.sld.cu/index.php/rhab/article/view/2790 |
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