Sleeping Disturbances among University Students, Qassim University, Saudi Arabia
Journal Title: International Journal of Medical Research Professionals - Year 2017, Vol 3, Issue 1
Abstract
Background: Sleep quality is very important than depression for student`t academic performance. Sleep problems may be four to six times more prevalent than depression in the college student population. Objectives: To examine the relationship between sleep deprivation, sleep quality, and academic performance among college students in Qassim University, Saudi Arabia. Subjects and Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted among Qassim university students in Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (males and females) in the following colleges; medicine, pharmacy, computer science, preparatory year, and business managing. Data were collected through a questionnaire that contained questions regarding sleep deprivation, sleep quality, and academic performance among students. Results: The study included 250 students, equally distributed between colleges and gender. It is obvious that 59.7% of those satisfied with sleep had >7 hours of sleeping and 35.1% of those dissatisfied with sleep had <4 hours duration of sleep, p<0.001. There was a statistically significant association between attending all classes and duration of sleeping, p=0.009. More than half of them (55.5%) sleep on the average between 4 and 7 hours/day. Majority of them (86%) change their sleep pattern during holidays. Only 73.2% reported sleeping very early and almost half of them (50.4%) sleep very late. Insomnia as self-reported was mentioned by 30.4% of the students. There was no significant association between duration of sleeping and changing sleep pattern during exams from one side and academic performance from the other side.
Authors and Affiliations
Omar Abdulrahman Altasan, Adnan Khalifah Alkhalifah, Saleh Mohammed Albuti, Muath Ahmad Alturaiqy, Abdullah Khalid Aljadi, Abdulrahman Hajaj Alharbi, Moayad Saleh Alqazlan
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- EP ID EP542100
- DOI 10.21276/ijmrp.2017.3.1.024
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