Abstract

Aims and Objectives: This study was conducted to assesss the quality of sleep among undergraduate medical students. Materials and Method: This work is a cross-sectional questionnaire-based study conducted at VIMS , Pawapuri during the month of Januaury in 2017 .The participants in this study were 307 undergraduate M.B.B.S students of the 1st,2nd ,3rd and 4th academic year of this college . A self-administered questionnaires were distributed to the students which collected information regarding participants’age, gender,habitat ,physical activity ,body mass index, addictions, year of study, residence and background , Pittsburg sleep quality index (PSQI) score and Epworth sleepiness scale . Result A total of 307 responses with a rate of 80% were obtained . According to the PSQI score, 67.42% of participants were considered to have abnormal sleep quality , with a statistically significant increase in female students (P < 0.05) and those having daytime sleepiness (ESS >10) (P<.0001). Conclusions: A very high prevalence of poor sleep quality was found among the medical students specifically among female students. There was a significant relationship of abnormal PSQI scores with female students (P < 0.05) and those having daytime sleepiness (P<.0001)

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