Abstract: The aim of this study is to describe sleep hygiene and habits among, and to investigate the relationships between sleep habits sleep quality and the academic performance among Saudi medical students in eastern province, Saudi Arabia. The study population consisted of male undergraduate medical students at King Faisal University. Target population was found to be 451 students, as follow:Year 1(55), Year 2 (73), Year 3 (78), Year 4 (86), Year 5 (90), and Year 6 (69). Frequency scores are calculated for each item, and higher frequency scores indicate worse sleep hygiene. Analysis of variance (ANOVA) and t-test were used to test significance between continuous variables, while a Chi-square test was used to test independency between categorical data. In this study, a p-value of less than 0.05 was considered as significant in all .Results: A total of 370 out 451 male medical students registered at college of medicine, King Faisal University, Al Ahsaa have returned the questionnaire. Out of which, 14 were excluded due to history of chronic diseases, namely sickle cell anemia, systemic hypertension, gastro-esophageal reflux disease and bronchial asthma. The overall response rate was 78.5 % (table 4). Target population was found to be 451 students, as follow:Year 1(55), Year 2 (73), Year 3 (78), Year 4 (86), Year 5 (90), and Year 6 (69). , the results indicate that sleep hygiene practices were generally good among 4 out of the 5 categories of the sleep hygiene, namely, in the use of sleep-disturbing products, engaging in activating or arousing activities close to bedtime, the use of the bed for activities other than sleep, and maintaining a comfortable sleeping environment. This is consistence with a US study published in 2009 [61]. In the other hand, adherence to proper sleep scheduling was low. Notably, variable sleep schedule among university students is generally high, this finding has been shown in many studies.
Keywords: prevalence, Hygiene, academic performance, Medical students.
Title: Prevalence of Inadequate Sleep and Poor Sleep Hygiene and Its Association with Academic Performance in Male Medical Students in Eastern Province, Saudi Arabia
Author: Adel Nasser Al Bargi, Ammar Abdulfattah Al Kkubaish, Abdullah Khaled Al Maqhawi, Ahmed Al Zubair, Saleh Al Mogairen, Abdulsattar Khan, SayedIbrahim Ali
International Journal of Healthcare Sciences
ISSN 2348-5728 (Online)
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