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Quality and Quantity of Sleep and its Effects on Academic Performance Among Medical and Nonmedical Students.
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Pakistan Armed Forces Medical Journal . Jun2024, Vol. 74 Issue 3, p607-611. 5p. - Publication Year :
- 2024
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Abstract
- Objective: To assess the impact of sleep quality and quantity on the academic performance of medical and non-medical students. Study Design: Comparative cross-sectional study. Place and Duration of Study: Various universities in Rawalpindi and Islamabad from Jun to Aug 2022. Methodology: The study included medical and non-medical students of either gender, aged 18-24 years. A structured, validated questionnaire, comprising two sections, was used. The first part consisted of demographic information. The second part comprised the Pitsburgh Sleep Quality Index, a measure of the quality and patern of sleep. Results: A total of 356 participants were divided into two groups: medical and non-medical. Out of 192 medical students, 98(50.5%) reported excelent sleep, 60(30.9%) reported good sleep, and 36(18.6%) reported poor sleep. Out of 194 medical students, 88(45.4%) were excelent in academics, 60(30.9%) were good, and 46(23.7%) had poor performance. Out of 164 nonmedical students, 62(37.2%) reported excelent sleep, 70(42.7%) reported good sleep, and 32(19.5%) reported poor sleep. Among these 164 non-medical students, 84(51.2%) had excelent, 41(25.0%) had good, and 39(23.8%) had poor academic performance. A significant association (p<0.05) was found between the Pitsburgh Sleep Quality Index score and academic performance. Conclusion: The majority of medical and non-medical students slept for less than 7 hours each night. Students who got excelent sleep performed wel in both groups. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- *SLEEP duration
*SLEEP quality
*MEDICAL students
*ACADEMIC achievement
*SLEEP
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00309648
- Volume :
- 74
- Issue :
- 3
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Pakistan Armed Forces Medical Journal
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 178348915
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.51253/pafmj.v74i3.10030