ResumenObjetivo: Determinar los comportamientos de sueño en estudiantes de Medicina a través de un cuestionario que mide los ritmos circadianos de sueño y del Índice de Calidad del Sueño de Pittsburgh. Tipo de estudio: Estudio descriptivo de tipo corte transversal.Metodología: Se aplicó una encuesta a 300 estudiantes de una facultad de Medicina en Bogotá, Colombia, que indaga sobre comportamientos de sueño conjuntamente con preguntas sobre edad, sexo, estrato, semestre cursado, percepción del ánimo y estructura familiar. A través del test de Pittsburgh se identificó a los participantes como buenos o malos dormidores y se compararon con las demás variables. Resultados: Promedio de edad 19,8 (DS 2,5). El 71 % eran mujeres y el 46 % de los semestres 1°, 2° y 3°. De acuerdo con el Índice de Calidad de Sueño de Pittsburgh, el 47, 6 % se clasificó como malos dormidores. No se encontraron diferencias estadísticas al compararlos con las variables de género, estado de ánimo y semestre. Conclusiones:Existe un porcentaje importante de estudiantes con malos hábitos de sueño por lo que se debe promover una buena higiene del sueño dadas las funciones cognitivas afectadas y los riesgos para la salud física.Palabras claves: Sueño, estudiante de Medicina, memoria, higiene del sueño, trastornos del sueño del ritmo circadiano. AbstractObjective: To determine sleep behaviors in medical students through a questionnaire that measures circadian sleep rhythms and the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index. Type of study:Cross-sectional descriptive study. Methodology:The study was carried out on 300 students of a medical school in Bogotá, Colombia. The questionnaire inquired about sleep behaviors. Moreover, questions about age, sex, socioeconomic strata, semester studied, perception of mood and, family structure were asked. Through the Pittsburgh test, participants were identified as good or bad sleepers. Then these results were compared with the other variables. Results:The average age was 19,8. 71 % of the students were women. Students of first, second and, third semesters were 46 %. According to the Pittsburgh test, the bad sleepers were 47,6 %. No statistical differences were found when comparing them with the variables of gender, mood and semester. Conclusions: There is an important percentage of students with poor sleep habits. That is why a good sleep hygiene should be promoted given the cognitive functions affected due the lack of sleep and the risks for physical health.
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