Sleep Complaints Affecting School Performance at Different Educational Levels

Pagel, J.F.; Kwiatkowski, Carol F.

doi:10.3389/fneur.2010.00125

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“…This finding among our pharmacy students is consistent with findings from other studies on undergraduate college students, medical students, and nursing students. 6,8,[10][11][12][13][14]18 Strengths of the study included a large sample size with a satisfactory response rate, use of a standardized measure of sleep quality, and careful selection of an administration date that minimized a potential confounding variable across class cohorts. However, there were limitations as well.…”

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“…9 Studies have found a correlation between sleep disturbances and decreased academic performance in college students. 6,8,10,11 Various studies have examined the sleep of medical, nursing, and pharmacy students. Sleep difficulties have been reported among Saudi Arabian, Brazilian, and Estonian medical students, and were associated with decreased academic performance.…”

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Sleep Quality Among Pharmacy Students

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Clark

Woolley

et al. 2015

American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education

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Objective. To determine the quality of sleep among pharmacy students in the didactic portion of the curriculum at one school of pharmacy. Methods. The study consisted of an anonymous, voluntary survey that included the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI), a self-rated instrument that measures sleep habits for a month. Results. The survey was completed by 253 students. Students in the lower grade point average (GPA) category had higher scores on 2 of 7 components of the PSQI and on the global score. Poor sleep quality, indicated by a global PSQI score of greater than 5, was reported by 140 students. The rate of poor sleeping was higher among students in the lower GPA category. Conclusion. Poor sleep quality was pervasive among surveyed pharmacy students in the didactic portion of the pharmacy school curriculum, especially among those with lower GPAs.

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Sleep Quality Among Pharmacy Students

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American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education

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“…It was found from various studies done in different countries that academic performance of medical students and health status were affected by sleep deprivation. 7,8 No such data regarding the same is available in Tripura. Therefore the present study was aimed to find out the magnitude of sleep disturbance and its effect on academic performance of medical students in a Medical College & Hospital of Tripura.…”

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Sleep disturbance and its effect on academic performance among students of a medical college of Tripura

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Nag

Karmakar

et al. 2018

Int J Community Med Public Health

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Sleep deprivation is the condition of not having enough sleep; can be either chronic or acute. An average adult needs 7-9 hours of sleep each night, teenagers 9.5 hours and infants 16 hours per day. 3 College students are well known for keeping erratic sleep schedules. Sleep deprivation may have grave health consequences;ABSTRACT Background: Sleep deprivation may have grave health consequences; resulting in increasing disease morbidity and mortality. Sleep disturbance have also been affected academic performance of medical students. The objective of the study was to find out the prevalence of sleep disturbance and association between sleep disturbance and academic performance of medical students, if any. Methods: An institution based cross-sectional study was conducted in the month of March 2018 among 203 medical students of Tripura Medical College and Dr. B.R.A.M. Teaching Hospital. Probability Proportionate to Sample Size (PPS) was used to determine the number of students required from each semester. Students selected by simple random sampling from each semester were interviewed by a pre-designed, pre-tested interview schedule designed based on Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index. Data was represented in percentages in tables, charts and Chi square test was applied. P<0.05 was considered statistically significant. Results: Mean age of the medical student was 21.36±1.96 years. Present study showed, 57% students were complaining of disturbed sleep. Students who felt sleepy during daytime (72.4%) were struggling more during exam compared to students not feeling sleepy (51.7%), which was statistically significant. Study revealed, students who got average mark in last semester exam were most affected with disturbed sleep (66.3%) followed by students who got good marks (53.5%) and poor marks (50%). Conclusions: Prevalence of sleep disturbance was very high among medical students. Male students were much more affected compared to female students. Sleep disturbance has also affected academic performance of students.

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“…19 Similar were the results of other studies on behavior and academic performance. 20,21 The major limitation of the study is only academic performance in Community Medicine is assessed. Therefore, it cannot be generalized to the entire MBBS course.…”

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A study to assess factors affecting the performance of undergraduate medical students in academic examination in community medicine

Gupta

Singh

2017

Int J Community Med Public Health

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Background: Undergraduate medical education is facing many basic problems in India today. This study aimed to identify and analyze factors that affect the students’ academic performance in Community Medicine. Methods: A cross sectional study was conducted at the Department of Community Medicine, VCSGGMS & RI, Uttarakhand, India among the third and sixth semester medical students from February to July 2016. The questionnaire was used to interview 182 students. The questionnaire covered demographic factors, physical fitness in terms of refractive error, use of technology in the form of smart phones and internet, stress level in the form of sleeping hours before examination, pattern of meals before examination and material used for study and others. The student was scaled based on an achievement marks percentile. Results: The research population included 182 students (85 male and 97 female). The mean age of the studied students was 21.62 ± 1.61 years. About 48.9% of the students were using spectacles. Over 90% of the students reported using smart phones, computer, and access to the internet. The mean hours of sleep day before the examination were 5.14± 1.94 hours. About three fourth of the students, reported consuming meals before the examination. Demographic factors, i.e. age and gender were significantly associated with students’ overall academic achievement in multiple linear regression analysis (p<0.05). Conclusions: Various factors determine the academic performance of students. To understand better about the factors that contribute in the academic performance of students there is need for a qualitative study.

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Sleep Complaints Affecting School Performance at Different Educational Levels

Cited by 54 publications

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Sleep Quality Among Pharmacy Students

Sleep Quality Among Pharmacy Students

Sleep disturbance and its effect on academic performance among students of a medical college of Tripura

A study to assess factors affecting the performance of undergraduate medical students in academic examination in community medicine

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