Ansari M
Department of Clinical Pharmacy, College of Pharmacy, University of Hail, Saudi Arabia.
JNMA J Nepal Med Assoc. 2015 Oct-Dec;53(200):262-265.
Sleep is an important determinant of keeping healthy physically and mentally. Deviation in sleep is a common problem among students during examinations. The purpose of this study is to determine students' sleep pattern during night preceding viva examination and its correlation with performance.
This was a cross-sectional prospective study conducted between January and February 2014 among 1st and 2nd year MBBS students of National Medical College, Birgunj, Nepal who appeared in University's final practical examinations. Based on simple random sampling approach, each of the 280 participants was allowed to pick out five pieces of lottery papers and they were asked the five questions resembling the number in the list of questions.
Among the total 280 students, 74.6% were from India and 25.4% were from Nepal, and majorities (63%) of them were males. Fifty two percent of the students either could not sleep at all or slept just for 1 to 1.5 hours while 12% slept for 5 to 6.5 hours. Two-third (66%) of the students was able enough to achieve one to two scores, and only 1.8% could succeed to get the maximum score of five. The correlation between hours of sleep preceding examination and the score achieved was positively (r=0.701) and statistically significantly correlated (p<0.001).
There is a trend among the medical students either not to sleep or sleep only for few hours preceding viva examination that result in poor performance in examinations.
睡眠是保持身心健康的重要决定因素。考试期间学生睡眠异常是一个常见问题。本研究的目的是确定学生在口试前一晚的睡眠模式及其与考试成绩的相关性。
这是一项横断面前瞻性研究，于2014年1月至2月在尼泊尔比尔根杰国立医学院的一年级和二年级医学学士学生中进行，这些学生参加了大学的期末实践考试。基于简单随机抽样方法，280名参与者每人抽取五张彩票纸，并被问及五个类似于问题列表中数字的问题。
在总共280名学生中，74.6%来自印度，25.4%来自尼泊尔，其中大多数（63%）是男性。52%的学生根本无法入睡或只睡了1至1.5小时，而12%的学生睡了5至6.5小时。三分之二（66%）的学生能够获得一到两分，只有1.8%的学生能够成功获得满分五分。考试前睡眠时间与考试成绩之间呈正相关（r = 0.701），且具有统计学显著性（p < 0.001）。
医学生在口试前有不睡觉或只睡几个小时的趋势，这导致考试成绩不佳。
