Mahendran R, Subramaniam M, Chan Y H
Department of General Psychiatry, Institute of Mental Health, Woodbridge Hospital, 10 Buangkok View, Singapore 539747.
Singapore Med J. 2004 Dec;45(12):587-9.
A seminar on sleep disorders was recently introduced for third, fourth and final year medical students rotating through the psychiatry posting in the Institute of Mental Health. This survey was conducted to assess the attitudes as well as knowledge of medical students towards sleep medicine.
Verbal consent was taken from the students who were willing to take part in the survey. The MED Sleep Survey, which is an inventory to assess behavior, attitudes and knowledge about sleep, was used to assess the same in the students.
A total of 240 medical students completed the survey. There were 149 male and 91 female medical students. In terms of their basic sleep knowledge, 46.7 percent scored between 1 and 10 points, 51.7 percent scored between 11 and 20 points, and 1.7 percent scored between 21 and 30 points. There was no significant difference between the different groups in their scores on basic sleep knowledge.
Most of the medical students scored between 1 and 20 points on basic sleep knowledge items in part III of the survey. Of these, almost one-half had scores between 1 and 10 points. Education is clearly important, and the introduction of the teaching programme on sleep medicine is timely and necessary.
最近为在精神卫生研究所精神科实习的三年级、四年级和最后一年医学生举办了一场关于睡眠障碍的研讨会。本次调查旨在评估医学生对睡眠医学的态度和知识。
获得了愿意参与调查的学生的口头同意。使用MED睡眠调查问卷（一份用于评估睡眠行为、态度和知识的量表）对学生进行评估。
共有240名医学生完成了调查。其中男生149名，女生91名。在基本睡眠知识方面，46.7%的学生得分在1至10分之间，51.7%的学生得分在11至20分之间，1.7%的学生得分在21至30分之间。不同组在基本睡眠知识得分上无显著差异。
在调查第三部分的基本睡眠知识项目中，大多数医学生得分在1至20分之间。其中，近一半学生得分在1至10分之间。显然，教育很重要，睡眠医学教学计划的引入既及时又必要。
