TY - JOUR AU - Sundas, Nabin AU - Ghimire, Saransh AU - Bhusal, Suzit AU - Pandey, Rakshya AU - Rana, Krishna AU - Dixit, Hemang PY - 2020/02/29 Y2 - 2024/03/28 TI - Sleep Quality among Medical Students of a Tertiary Care Hospital: A Descriptive Cross-sectional Study JF - Journal of Nepal Medical Association JA - J Nepal Med Assoc VL - 58 IS - 222 SE - Original Article DO - 10.31729/jnma.4813 UR - http://jnma.com.np/jnma/index.php/jnma/article/view/4813 SP - AB - <p><strong>Introduction:</strong> Medical students are under constant stress due to demanding academic load, fear<br>of exam failure and hectic schedules. These factors can lead to poor sleep quality among medical<br>students. Sleep quality of medical students not only determine their academic performance but is<br>also important in determining long term effect on cognitive, psychosocial, behavioural as well as<br>physical health of individuals. Although there are not enough recent studies to assess sleep quality<br>of students, it is necessary to evaluate the condition of sleep among students. This study aims to find<br>out the prevalence of poor sleep quality among medical students.</p><p><br><strong>Methods:</strong> This descriptive cross-sectional was conducted among undergraduate medical students<br>of Kathmandu Medical College from October to November 2019 after taking ethical clearance from<br>Institutional Review Committee of a tertiary care hospital before collecting data from participants.<br>Subjects were recruited by simple random sampling from students of first, second, third and final<br>years and were asked to fill the self-reported questionnaires, using Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index.<br>Descriptive statistical analysis was done using Statistical Software for Social Sciences version 24.</p><p><br><strong>Results:</strong> Out of 217 selected medical students, 96 (44.23%) of students have poor sleep quality with<br>prevalence among male and female students as 41 (39.8%) and 55 (48.2%) respectively. The mean<br>duration of sleep among students was 6.7±1.6 hours.</p><p><br><strong>Conclusions:</strong> Significant numbers of medical students have poor sleep quality which may affect<br>their academic performance and may have long term impact on their health. Efforts must be directed<br>towards educating about the sleep hygiene as well as proper time management skills.</p> ER -