Study of Sleep Pattern And its Effects on Quality of Life Among Undergraduate Students in A Medical College of West Bengal
Journal Title: IOSR Journal of Dental and Medical Sciences (IOSR-JDMS) - Year 2017, Vol 16, Issue 9
Abstract
Aim: To assess the sleep pattern and burden of sleep problems among 1st year MBBS students. Materials and Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted at GIMSH, Durgapur, West Bengal, India from February to April 2017 among 77 first year MBBS students. Pittsburgh Insomnia Rating Scale (PIRS): a 65 item self-administered open source questionnaire to note sleep patterns of previous week was used. Results : >51% students have mild to moderately high sleep distress score. There’s no significant difference in sleep distress score between male and female students but median sleep distress score is significantly higher among female (43 vs. 32.5) (P=0.008).Majority of students (3/4th of male and 2/3rd of female) show minimal sleep parameter score. 50% of male students suffered mildly impaired and 43.2% suffered moderately impaired sleep related quality of life and 75.7% female students suffered moderately impaired sleep related quality of life. Quality of life score were higher among female which is statistically significant by chi-square test. Regarding total score, majority of the male (43.1%) and female (60.6%) had score between 0 – 39 and 40 – 78 respectively, and this distribution was found to be statistically significant (P < 0.05). Conclusion: Female students suffer poorer sleep pattern than male and they also suffer worse sleep related quality of life than male
Authors and Affiliations
Dr. Pratanu Saha, Dr. Tapas Kumar, Dr. Indranil Saha, Dr. Ajit Ranjan Bhattacharyya
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