Time allotted for nighttime sleep and the presence of fatigue in pupils from three high schools in Botoșani county

Abstract

Fatigue is a physiological phenomenon that occurs after sustained effort and disappears through active and passive rest. The studied group consists of 246 pupils from the 9th and 11th grades from three high schools in Botoșani countya theoretical high school, a national college and sports high school. Most pupils say they sleep for 6-7 hours (37.80%) or 7-8 hours (33.73%). Fatigue is often present in 46.34% of cases. When they wake up in the morning, 44.30% of pupils feel tired. The majority of pupils from the 11th grade feel tired at the end of the week, while those from the 9th grade feel tired at the beginning of the week. During the day, fatigue appears mostly in the middle of the school day (36.17%) with insignificant differences between grades or schools, but significant when correlating night sleep with the time of day when fatigue appears (p˂0.01). Napping is rarely present in the majority of pupils (46.74%). Most of the surveyed pupils have headaches or eye pain when fatigue occurs. Fatigue is present especially in pupils who recognize a short time spent sleeping at night. Recovery through sleep during the day is rarely present.