Abstract
The main aims of this current study were to assess the quality of sleep and to find the association between socio-demographic proforma and quality of sleep among college students. The non-experimental cross-sectional study design was adopted. The study included 100 college students studying in two medical colleges in Omar Al-Mukhtar University, El-beida, Libya. The samples were selected by the stratified sampling technique. The data was collected using socio-demographic proforma and the quality of sleep scale prepared by the investigators. The study findings showed that 3% of college students had an excellent sleep, 23% had a good sleep, 73% had fairly bad sleep, and 1% had very poor sleep. There was an association between the number of siblings and the quality of sleep. Based on the study results, it is concluded that the majority of college students had fairly bad sleep, and there is no significant association between socio-demographic proforma and quality of sleep except the number of siblings. The study helped in identifying the quality of sleep among college students. The study may help future investigators to adopt different methods to shape the truth.
Highlights
Sleep is a universal biological feature in all species and represents a global state of immobility with significantly reduced responsiveness to environmental stimuli, which can be distinguished from coma or anesthesia by its rapid reversibility
The prevalence rate of poor sleep quality is high among undergraduate students worldwide [4]
The present study results showed that 3% of college students had very good sleep, 23% had good sleep, 73% had fairly bad sleep, and 1% had very poor sleep
Summary
Sleep is a universal biological feature in all species and represents a global state of immobility with significantly reduced responsiveness to environmental stimuli, which can be distinguished from coma or anesthesia by its rapid reversibility. It is by no means a dormant state. Poor sleep quality is associated with poor academic achievement and health. Several important body functions and brain activities occur during sleep. According to Stanford University, the average sleep requirement for a college student is well over eight hours, and the majority of students fall asleep within the range of this value plus or minus one hour [3].
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