Prevalence of poor sleep quality in 4th and 5th year clinical medical students at internal medicine department of Chonburi hospital and associated factors
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Keywords: Sleep quality, Medical students, Chonburi Hospital, Internal medicineAbstract
Background: Poor sleep quality in medical students may hinder academic performance and patient care. This study aimed to determine the prevalence of poor sleep quality among medical students during their internal medicine rotation and factors association
Methods: We conducted a prospective cross-sectional study among fourth- and fifth-year medical students during the 2024 academic year who had completed ≥4 weeks in the internal medicine department. Data on participants demographics, the Thai version of the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI) questionnaire, were collected. Data were analyzed using with Mann–Whitney U-test or Fisher’s exact test as appropriate methods and analyzed factor association with logistic regression.
Result: Of 44 responded. the mean age was 22.1 years, and 50% were female. The prevalence of poor sleep quality (PSQI>5) was 70.5%. Academic stress was the most cited reason for poor sleep (56.8%). Students with poor sleep had shorter sleep duration (5.2 vs. 6.6 hours, p<0.01) and greater daytime dysfunction (90.3% vs. 46.1%, p<0.01). Sleep duration <7 hours was significantly associated with poor sleep quality (adjusted OR 9.04, p=0.03).
Conclusions: Prevalence of poor sleep quality among clinical-year medical students is 70.5%. Sleep duration <7 hours is associated with poor sleep quality which is needed to further study
Keywords: Sleep quality, Medical students, Chonburi Hospital, Internal medicine
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