RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN EXCESSIVE DAYTIME SLEEPINESS AND SUSPICION OF DEPRESSION ON MEDICAL FACULTY STUDENTS
Journal Title: ESTÜDAM Halk Sağlığı Dergisi - Year 2016, Vol 1, Issue 1
Abstract
Today, sleeping disorder is a type of disease that be dwelled on frequently due to effects on quality of life and labor productivity. Medical faculty students can be assessed as risky group for Excessive Daytime Sleepiness (EDS) due to intensive educational tempo, subject intensity that needs long-time study, insufficient sleep and stress. This study is planned for assessing frequency of EDS and depression cases and specifications that considered to be related with these cases. This cross-sectional study was conducted on first, second and third grade students from Eskisehir Osmangazi University Medicine Faculty on April-May 2014. Target population of the study is 665 and 447 (%67.2) of them are be reached on study period. Students were between 18-47 age and the mean age of students’ was 20.3±1.9 years. Of the students, 186 (%41.6) were first grade, 139 (%31.1) were second grade and 224 (%50.1) were male. Taken median point from Epworth Sleepiness Scale (ESS) is 6 and 69 (%15.4) students were diagnosed EDS whereas taken median point from Beck Depression Scale (BDS) is 10 and 97 (%21.7) students were diagnosed suspicion of depression. %5.6 of all students were diagnosed both EDS and suspicion of depression. Frequency of EDS is detected at higher point on female students than males (p=0.004) and is detected at higher point on suspicion of depression diagnosed than not diagnosed people (p=0.002). On lineer regression model that determines connection between gained points from ESS and BDS, a correlation was detected on positive direction and medium level after some changes according to gender (p<0.001). It is concluded that EDS and suspicion of depression is more serious health problem on medicine faculty students than others who are at the same age with them.
Authors and Affiliations
Egemen Ünal, Reşat Aydın, Gülnur Tekgöl Uzuner, Oğuz Osman Erdinç, Selma Metintaş
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