COVID-19 pandemic decreased sleep quality of medical students.
Sleep Sci
; 15(4): 436-440, 2022.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-2144901
ABSTRACT
Objective:
Medical students are especially vulnerable to situations of poor sleep quality due to academic demands. The COVID-19 pandemic brought significant changes and high psychological stress, causing a great impact on this population. Here we aim to analyze the influence of the pandemic on the sleep quality of medical students.Methods:
Cross-sectional, observational, and descriptive study with a quantitative approach carried out with students from medical universities in Rio Grande do Norte state (Brazil) through the online application of two questionnaires Pittsburgh sleep quality index (PSQI-BR) and sociodemographic questionnaire (SQ).Results:
A total of 142 medical students participated in this study 103 women and 39 men. We observed a prevalence of low sleep quality in 78.16% of the sample and that the pandemic significantly affected the sleep quality among medical students (p<0.05). We also found an alteration in the sleep pattern in 83% of the participants, mainly due to anxiety symptoms (38%). Finally, we observed no statistically significant difference in sleep quality or sleep patterns between genders or college period (p>0.05).Discussion:
This rate of poor sleep quality is higher than the prevalence of periods before the pandemic (58%). Concerns about COVID-19's negative impact on medical education, delayed training, and impact on the generation of medical jobs can directly aggravate the sleep quality.Conclusion:
The COVID-19 pandemic negatively influenced the sleep quality of medical students, increasing the prevalence of poor sleep quality and promoting changes in the sleep pattern.
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Observational study
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Prognostic study
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Randomized controlled trials
Language:
English
Journal:
Sleep Sci
Year:
2022
Document Type:
Article
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