Surani Arif Anwer, Zahid Sohaib, Surani Asif, Ali Salman, Mubeen Muhammad, Khan Reem Halim
Department of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology, Karachi, Pakistan.
Dow University of Health Sciences, Karachi, Pakistan.
J Pak Med Assoc. 2015 Apr;65(4):380-2.
To characterise sleep quality and assess degree of daytime sleepiness among medical students of Karachi.
The cross-sectional study was conducted between August and December 2013 and subjects were recruited from five haphazardly selected medical colleges in Karachi. A convenience sample of medical students underwent two validated self-administered questionnaires i.e. Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index and Epworth Sleepiness Scale. SPSS 17 was used for statistical analysis.
Of the 650 students approached, 504(77.5%) subjects completely filled out the questionnaires. Of them, 300(59.5%) were females and 204(40.5%) were males. Overall mean age was 20±1.4 years. Of them, 199(39.5%) were classified as "Poor Sleepers". Poor sleep quality was associated with female gender (p <0.05), excessive daytime sleepiness (p <0.05), total hours slept (p <0.001) and sleep disturbances (p <0.001). Bed-timing analysis showed 365(72%) students went to bed after midnight.
Sleep quality among Pakistani medical students was significantly poor. Efforts must be directed towards proper sleep hygiene education.
描述卡拉奇医学生的睡眠质量并评估其白天嗜睡程度。
本横断面研究于2013年8月至12月进行，研究对象从卡拉奇五所随机选取的医学院招募。便利抽样选取医学生，让他们填写两份经过验证的自填式问卷，即匹兹堡睡眠质量指数和爱泼华嗜睡量表。使用SPSS 17进行统计分析。
在650名被邀请的学生中，504名（77.5%）完全填写了问卷。其中，女性300名（59.5%），男性204名（40.5%）。总体平均年龄为20±1.4岁。其中，199名（39.5%）被归类为“睡眠质量差者”。睡眠质量差与女性性别（p<0.05）、白天过度嗜睡（p<0.05）、总睡眠时间（p<0.001）和睡眠障碍（p<0.001）相关。就寝时间分析显示，365名（72%）学生午夜后才上床睡觉。
巴基斯坦医学生的睡眠质量明显较差。必须致力于进行适当的睡眠卫生教育。
