Abstract
Good quality of sleep is an acknowledged source of physical and mental wellbeing, happiness, and vitality. Without enough hours of restorative sleep, the individual will not be able to function, study, develop and interact even near to their true potential at a point of time. University student's lifestyle changes with the new life of studying. Sleep problems and sleep disorders severely impair university students’ academic success. To date, there is limited study on the level of sleep quality among university students during the covid-19 lockdown. The purpose of this study was to determine the level of sleep quality among university students between faculty during the Covid-19 lockdown. A total of 417 respondents among Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM) Perlis were set up to answer the questionnaire by Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI). Based on the data, there was a significant difference in the level of sleep quality among UiTM Perlis Student (p = 0.001). The mean global score for all students was (6.47 ± 3.105). Faculty of Architecture Planning and Surveying had a higher mean global score (8.95 ± 2.882). Faculty of Sports Science and Recreation had a lower mean global score (3.86 ± 2.014). From the result, Faculty Architecture Planning and Surveying have poor sleep quality while Faculty of Sports Science and Recreation have good sleep quality. In conclusion, the study showed the level of sleep quality among UiTM Perlis students is slightly greater on poor sleep. This might be due to poor sleep habits like having an irregular sleep pattern and psychological issues such as stress.
Highlights
Sleep has critical role in physiology and cognitive human functioning and physical recovery (Mah et al, 2018)
For the number of participants for each faculty, 14.1% participants from Faculty of Plantation and Agrotechnology, Faculty of Applied Science and Faculty of Computer Science and Mathematics respectively, 15.8% are from Faculty of Sports Science and Recreation, 15.3% are from Faculty of Business Management, 13.4% are from Faculty of Architecture Planning and Surveying and 12.9% of participants are from Faculty of Accounting
The overall result of this study indicates that the Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM) Perlis students' level of sleep was slightly greater in the poor sleep category during Covid-19 lockdown
Summary
Sleep has critical role in physiology and cognitive human functioning and physical recovery (Mah et al, 2018). It is important to achieve more insight in what determines perceived sleep quality as it can be indicative of sleep problems as well as other health consequences (Goelema, 2018).The university student's lifestyle changes with the new life of studying. This change may influence the quality of sleep (Çelik et al, 2018). Sleep problems in university students are often connected with mental health issues (Schlarb & Friedrich, 2017). Students tend to use devices and gadgets late at night which may impair their sleeping pattern. Blue light from devices and gadgets can suppress the secretion of melatonin reducing the sleep quality (Levenson et al, 2016; Orzech et al, 2016)
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