Sleep Quality and Academic Performance Among Medical College Students | ||
| Journal of University of Babylon | ||
| Article 1, Volume 26, Issue 3, September 2018, Pages 142-152 | ||
| Author | ||
| Ameer Kadhim Al-Humairi | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Background:Sleep plays a very important role in a human health. Poor sleep quality remains as a frequent feature of student life. Quantity and quality of sleep in addition to average sleep time are strongly linked with students’ learning abilities and academic performance. Subjects and method:The study was a descriptive cross-sectional study conducted to assess sleep quality among medical college students – University of Babylon using Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI). This study was done during April 2016. Results:Mean age of students was (20.63 ± 0.65). Majority was female. According to PSQI(60.4%) of students were poor sleeper. Significant association between quality of sleep and academic performance was found in our study, (72.9%) of those fail in one or more subjects have poor sleep quality. Conclusion: Poor sleep quality was regarded as an important problem among medical college students. Majority of students (60.4%) was poor sleepers. Our study shows significant relation between sleep quality and academic performance among students of Babylon University –College of Medicine. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Medical students; Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index; academic performance | ||
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