Sleep Quality and Anxiety Level among College Students

Abstract

Background: Sleep is essential for prevention of wasteful use of energy, resupply of energy and helps the brain to convert short term memory to long term memory. Poor sleep quality affect person’s physical and psychological health. Objectives: Objectives of the study are to investigate correlation of sleep quality and anxiety level among college students and to find out the association between demographic variables with sleep quality and anxiety level of college students in Ernakulam. Methodology: Descriptive survey design was adopted for the study. Convenience sampling technique was used to select 100 samples from amrita school of arts and sciences Ernakulum. The tool used for the study consists of structured self-administered demographic profile of college students; Pittsburgh sleep quality index (PSQI) was used to measure the total PSQI score and its 7 sub component and Becks Anxiety Inventory (BAI) was used to measure the self-report measure anxiety. Data was analysed using descriptive and inferential statistics. Result: Majority of the subjects 67 (67%) had poor sleep quality and most of the subjects 76% had low anxiety and BAI score was highly significant association but had moderately positive correlation with sleep medication and total PSQI Score. All other subcomponents of PSQI had weak positive correlation with anxiety level. Anxiety level of college student had significant association (p=0.012) association with using of E gadgets Conclusion: In conclusion of the study decrease in sleep quality increase the anxiety level of college students. Keywords: college students, sleep quality, anxiety.