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Poor sleep quality among university students is a rising concern as it affects their well-being. Studies haveshown an association between physical activity and sleep quality; however, studies in a local context focussingon health sciences undergraduate students are scarce. Thus, a cross-sectional study aiming to assess theprevalence of poor-quality sleep and its association with physical activity was conducted among health sciencesstudents in Kuala Lumpur. A total of 90 undergraduate students aged 19 and above (M=21.9±1.4 years) wererecruited from three learning centers by using purposive sampling. A self-administered questionnaire was usedto acquire the respondents’ socio-demographic information as well as physical activity and sleep assessments.Results showed that 54% of respondents were poor sleepers and nearly half of them were minimally active(43.3%) while only 30% of the respondents were involved in health-enhancing physical activity. Nonetheless,there was no significant association between physical activity level and sleep quality (χ2=1.54, p>0.05). Theresidences of the respondents significantly contributed to poor sleep quality with those who stayed off-campushaving five times the risk of poor sleep quality (OR= 5.084, CI= 1.02-25.42). In conclusion, the high prevalenceof poor sleep quality among university students may not be affected by their physical activity; however, theirplace of residence plays an important role in determining their sleep quality.
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Health can influence eating habits and also mental and social well-being. This cross-sectional study wasconducted to determine the relationship between healthy lifestyle and stress among 173 university students usingSimple Lifestyle Indicator Questionnaire (SLIQ) and Depression, Anxiety and Stress Score-42 (DASS-42) tomeasure their emotional states of depression, anxiety and stress. The results indicated that 71.8% werecategorized as having an unhealthy lifestyle and 28.2% an intermediate lifestyle. Based on the SLIQ stressdomain, 50.7% are stressed. Based on DASS score, 46.8% have anxiety. There was a statistically significantdifference in healthy lifestyle score between various types of residences (F=3.929, p<0.05). The conclusion isthat students with poor lifestyles have higher anxiety, depression and stress. The implication of this study is thatuniversities should provide healthy activities to encourage healthy lifestyle practices by students.