Distribution of Chronotypes among a Sample of Iraqi Kurdish Medical Students
Journal Title: Sultan Qaboos University Medical Journal - Year 2014, Vol 14, Issue 3
Abstract
Objectives: Te aim of this study was to assess the distribution of chronotypes in a sample of Iraqi Kurdish medical students. Methods: A descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted at the Hawler Medical University College of Medicine in Erbil City, Iraq, between 1st January and 31st March 2013. A total of 580 students were given the reduced version of the Horne and Ostberg Morningness-Eveningness Questionnaire (MEQr), a close-ended self-administered questionnaire. Results: Of the 580 students, 130 (22.4%) were male and 450 (77.6%) were female. Te mean age ± standard deviation was 20.3 ± 1.45 years, with a range of 17‒24 years. Most of the students (52.6%) were in the intermediate class, followed by morning type (24.1%) and evening type (23.3%). Signifcant gender differences were detected in the proportion of morning, intermediate and evening types (P <0.001). Te mean scores for the female students were 14.8 ± 2.2 and the mean scores for the male students were 14.6 ± 7.3, with no statistically signifcant differences (P = 0.45). Conclusion: Students in the College of Medicine were mostly classifed as intermediate types. Te morning type was more common among this student population, particularly male students, than has been reported in similar age groups in some Western countries. Tere was a signifcant gender difference in the proportion of MEQr types.
Authors and Affiliations
Awring M. Raoof| Department of Community Medicine, Hawler Medical University, Erbil, Iraq, Yasin A. Asaad| Department of Community Medicine, Hawler Medical University, Erbil, Iraq, Tariq S. Al-Hadithi| Department of Community Medicine, Hawler Medical University, Erbil, Iraq
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