Abstract
This study investigated sleep deprivation and academic performance on nursing students of University of Calabar. A self-structured instrument was administered to a sample of 109 students. Data was analyzed using SPSS version 20.0. Most, 55(50.5. %) of the respondents start depriving themselves of sleep immediately after resumption.
 
 On school days, most 53 (48.6%) respondents sleep for 1–3 hours on average; while 40(36.7%) respondents sleep for 4–6 hours on average. During weekends most, 69(63.3%) respondents sleep for 4-6 hours on average, however, during examinations, majority 73(67. %), sleep for 1–3 hours on average. 64(58.6%) take different substances to keep awake. More male 69(63.3%) respondents start depriving themselves of sleep immediately after resumption, as against 50(46%) female respondents. Male students have an average sleep of 5.02 hours during schools days; 5.07 hours during weekends, and 2.39 hours during examinations, while female students have an average sleep of 5.25 hours during schools days, 5.43 hours during weekends, and 4.77 hours during examinations. Male students have a lower mean (SD) hours of sleep of (4.16±.35) compared to female students mean (SD) hours of (5.15±.49). The result further showed a statistically significant relationship between sleep deprivation and academic performance, also, a statistically significant influence of sleep deprivation on academic performance of male and female nursing students. Recommendations: nursing students should be properly counseled on the importance of adequate sleep to their academic performance. They should only deprive themselves of sleep during school days and less during examination.
Highlights
Sleep is critical for maintaining a healthy life
Out of the 45 students that have an average of 4-6 hours of sleep during schools days, 15 (32.6%) respondents scored below 40 marks; 19 (41.3%) respondents scored between 40–49 marks; 9 (19.6%) respondents scored between 50–59 marks, while 2(4.3%) respondents scored between 60–70 marks
Most 51(46.8%) respondents sleep for 1–3 hours on average, 45(41.3%) percent respondents sleep for 4–6 hours on average, while 13 (11.9%) respondents sleep for 7–9 hours
Summary
Sleep is critical for maintaining a healthy life. Having sufficient of sleep is very essential for an individual’s total health Most health organizations recommend 7 to 8 hours of sleep for the average adult, sleep requirements varies per individual. Having quality sleep is one of the important requirements of the learning process for memory and good academic performance for students of various cadres. Sleep deprivation in adults refers to sleep that is shorter than the average basal need of 7 to 8 hours per night (Colten, Attevogt, & Institute of Medicine, 2007). It refers to sleep that is shorter than the 7 to 8 hours per night as recommended by health organizations (Otenyo, 2015). One of the main symptoms of sleep deprivation is excessive daytime sleepiness in addition to poor memory, poor concentration, and depressed mood (Colten, Attevogt, & Institute of Medicine, 2007). The phenomenon of sleep deprivation and lack of quality sleep is common gjhs.ccsenet.org
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