Sleep Patterns and Predictors of Poor Sleep Quality among Medical Students in King Khalid University, Saudi Arabia

Siddiqui, Aesha Farheen; Al-Musa, Hasan; Al-Amri, Hasan S.; Al-Qahtani, Abdulkareem; Alshahrani, M.; Alqahtani, Mohammad

doi:10.21315/mjms2016.23.6.10

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“…Stratifying according to ethnicity revealed that minority students were more likely to report lower levels of sleep adequacy and sleep quantity and higher levels of sleep somnolence in a statistically significant way when compared with their Caucasian counterparts [41]. An even higher percentage was computed among students in Saudi Arabia, where poor sleep quality was reported by 74.2% of the study participants [42]. Percentages ranging from 58% to 77.78% were reported in other surveys [43][44][45].…”

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Sleep Disturbances Rate among Medical and Allied Health Professions Students in Iran: Implications from a Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of the Literature

Khaksarian

Behzadifar

et al. 2020

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Medicine and healthcare professions are prestigious and valued careers and, at the same time, demanding, challenging, and arduous jobs. Medical and allied health professions students, experiencing a stressful academic and clinical workload, may suffer from sleep disturbances. In Iran, several studies have been conducted to explore the prevalence rate among medical and healthcare professions students. The aim of this systematic review and meta-analysis was to quantitatively and rigorously summarize the existing scholarly literature, providing the decision- and policy-makers and educators with an updated, evidence-based synthesis. Only studies utilizing a reliable psychometric instrument, such as the Pittsburgh sleep quality index (PSQI), were included, in order to have comparable measurements and estimates. Seventeen investigations were retained in the present systematic review and meta-analysis, totaling a sample of 3586 students. Studies were conducted between 2008 and 2018 and reported an overall rate of sleep disturbances of 58% (95% confidence interval or CI 45–70). No evidence of publication bias could be found, but formal analyses on determinants of sleep disturbances could not be run due to the dearth of information that could be extracted from studies. Poor sleep is highly prevalent among Iranian medical and healthcare professions students. Based on the limitations of the present study, high-quality investigations are urgently needed to better capture the determinants of poor sleep quality among medical and healthcare professions students, given the importance and the implications of such a topic.

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Sleep Disturbances Rate among Medical and Allied Health Professions Students in Iran: Implications from a Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of the Literature

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“…The associations between gender and sleep disturbances have been controversial. For example, female students had a higher prevalence of sleep disturbances compared with male students in Peru and Pakistan (Sanchez et al ., ; Surani et al ., ), but the result was the opposite in Iran and Lebanon (Siddiqui et al ., ; Yazdi et al ., ), while no significant gender difference was found in the USA (Buboltz et al ., ). In this study, medical students (25.5%) were more vulnerable to sleep disturbances than non‐medical students (17.3%), which is consistent with previous findings (Shad et al ., ).…”

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“…Previous studies found variable rates of sleep disturbances in this population. The prevalence of sleep disturbances ranges from 3.0 to 74.2% worldwide, for instance, 3.0% in Thailand (Mohammadbeigi et al ., ), 9.8% in Lebanon (Younes et al ., ), 22.5% in the USA (Gress et al ., ), 33.3% in Japan (Supartini et al ., ), 74.2% in Saudi Arabia (Siddiqui et al ., ), 51.8% in Chile (Velez et al ., ), and 61.7% in Iran (Mohammadbeigi et al ., ). Apart from different sampling methods and geographic locations, the use of different instruments, such as the PSQI (Mohammadbeigi et al ., ), the Insomnia Severity Index (ISI; Gress et al ., ) and non‐quantitative measures (Peltzer and Pengpid, ) could account for such variation in prevalence.…”

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Prevalence of sleep disturbances in Chinese university students: a comprehensive meta‐analysis

Wang

et al. 2018

Journal of Sleep Research

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This is a meta-analysis of the pooled prevalence of sleep disturbances and its associated factors in Chinese university students. English (PubMed, PsycINFO, Embase) and Chinese (SinoMed, Wan Fang Database and Chinese National Knowledge Infrastructure) databases were systematically and independently searched from inception until 16 August 2016. The prevalence of sleep disturbances was pooled using random-effects model. Altogether 76 studies involving 112 939 university students were included. The overall pooled prevalence of sleep disturbances was 25.7% (95% CI: 22.5-28.9%). When using the screening scales Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index, Athens Insomnia Scale and Self-Rating Sleeping State Scale, and the diagnostic criteria of the Chinese Classification of Mental Disorders (Second Edition), the pooled prevalence of sleep disturbances was 24.1% (95% CI: 21.0-27.5%) and 18.1% (95% CI: 16.4-20.0%), respectively. The percentages of students dissatisfied with sleep quality and those suffering from insomnia symptoms were 20.3% (95% CI: 13.0-30.3%) and 23.6% (95% CI: 18.9-29.0%), respectively. Subgroup analyses revealed that medical students were more vulnerable to sleep disturbances than other student groups. There was no significant difference between males and females, and across geographic locations. Sleep disturbances are common in Chinese university students. Appropriate strategies for prevention and treatment of sleep disturbances in this population need greater attention.

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“…In King Saud College of Medicine, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia Abdulghani et al (2012) reported that 36.6% of medical students had poor sleep quality. Moreover, in King Khalid College of Medicine, Abha, Saudi Arabia, Siddiqui et al (2016) reported that poor sleep quality was claimed by 74.2% of medical students.…”

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Impact of Twitter and WhatsApp on Sleep Quality among Medical Students in King Khalid University, Saudi Arabia

Asiri¹,

Almetrek²,

Alsamghan³

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Background: Twitter and WhatsApp may have the potential to negatively affect quality of sleep. Aim of Study: To assess the impact of using social media (i.e., Twitter and WhatsApp) on sleep quality and to identify risk factors associated with poor sleep quality among medical students in King Khalid University (KKU). Methodology: Following a cross -sectional design, 286 medical students at King Khalid College of Medicine, Abha, Saudi Arabia, were recruited into this study. An anonymous self-administered questionnaire has been designed by the researchers which included sociodemographic data, extent of using the WhatsApp and/or Twitter and the Pittsburgh sleep Quality Index. Results: 76.2% of students use both Twitter and WhatsApp, 21.5% use WhatsApp only, 1% use Twitter only, while 1% do not use any. Most medical students (89.8%) use Twitter/WhatsApp every day. Most medical students use Twitter/WhatsApp for 3-4 or more than 5 hours daily (31.1% for both). Most medical students (88.7%) use Twitter/WhatsApp during night. 29.7% of medical students have poor quality of sleep. Twitter/WhatsApp use was significantly more among female than male medical students (81.7% and 73.1%, respectively, p=0.014). Use of Twitter/WhatsApp by medical students differed significantly according to their scholastic year (p=0.014), with highest use among 6 th year medical students (94.1%). Medical students' quality of sleep differed significantly according to their scholastic year (p=0.02), with highest prevalence of poor quality among those at their 2 nd and 6 th scholastic years (37.7%) and 37.3%, respectively). Quality of sleep differed significantly according to students' daily use of Twitter/WhatsApp (p=0.022), with highest prevalence of poor sleep quality among those who spend more than 4 hours daily using Twitter/WhatsApp. Conclusions: The majority of medical students in KKU, especially females and final year students, use Twitter and/or WhatsApp. Almost one third of students have poor sleep quality, especially 2 nd and final year medical students and those who use social media for more than two hours daily. This study indicates a strong need for integrating sleep hygiene education for medical students and to provide health education to promote correct and effective use of social networks.

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Sleep Patterns and Predictors of Poor Sleep Quality among Medical Students in King Khalid University, Saudi Arabia

Cited by 62 publications

References 19 publications

Sleep Disturbances Rate among Medical and Allied Health Professions Students in Iran: Implications from a Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of the Literature

Sleep Disturbances Rate among Medical and Allied Health Professions Students in Iran: Implications from a Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of the Literature

Prevalence of sleep disturbances in Chinese university students: a comprehensive meta‐analysis

Impact of Twitter and WhatsApp on Sleep Quality among Medical Students in King Khalid University, Saudi Arabia

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