Factors associated with the quality of sueño in medical students

Abstract

The present scientific investigation investigated the factors associated with the quality of sleep in medical students. Regarding the methodology, the paradigm of the present study is the positivist one, with a basic quantitative approach that makes it possible to establish associations between the research variables. Regarding the design of the research, it was limited to non-experimental and association of variables. The population was 1,420 students out of 1,420 students and a sample of 820 students was obtained through probability sampling. The technique used was the Pittsburg Sleep Quality Questionnaire Survey (ICSP) (Buysse et al., 1980). The study concluded that the quality of sleep in medical students is associated with the factors sex, age and school from which it comes, obtaining a Chi-square x2 = 84.383a, 196.433a and 422.604a respectively and p <0.05, for which establishes that personal conditions are associated with the quality of sleep in medical students.