Aoun Raissa, Zibara Victor, Costanian Christy, Attarian Hrayr P, Bahous Sola Aoun
Department of Neurology, New York University Langone, New York, New York, United States.
Department of Medicine, Lebanese American University, Gilbert and Rose-Marie Chaghoury School of Medicine, Byblos, Mount Lebanon, Lebanon.
Sleep Sci. 2023 Sep 11;16(3):e300-e309. doi: 10.1055/s-0043-1772828. eCollection 2023 Sep.
Sleep disorders are prevalent and underrecognized during both economic and political crises. They are a major reason for poor overall health and decreased quality of life. Sleep medicine education is limited at most medical schools, resulting in limited awareness of this important aspect of healthcare. The aim of the study is to assess sleep medicine knowledge of graduating medical students in Lebanon and to assess their readiness to tackle sleep health issues in a country during an unprecedented crisis. Final-year medical students at 7 medical schools in Lebanon were invited to fill a survey between January 2020 and March 2021. The Assessment of Sleep Knowledge in Medical Education survey was used to assess their knowledge in sleep medicine. The curriculum organizers at the medical schools were also surveyed. Student's -test was used for analysis. 158 and 58 students completed the survey during 2020 and 2021, with a mean overall score on sleep knowledge of was 17.5 and 15.9 /30, respectively. There was no difference in mean knowledge scores by gender, age, American versus European medical school systems, and between medical schools that included sleep medicine in their curriculum versus those that did not. Presence of sleep medicine education in the curriculum was associated with higher scores on ASKME among graduating Lebanese medical students. Given the low response rate, however, this descriptive pilot data could be used as a launching pad for a larger study, with a more representative sample, for generalizable results.
睡眠障碍在经济和政治危机期间都很普遍且未得到充分认识。它们是整体健康状况不佳和生活质量下降的主要原因。大多数医学院校的睡眠医学教育有限，导致对医疗保健这一重要方面的认识不足。本研究的目的是评估黎巴嫩即将毕业的医学生的睡眠医学知识，并评估他们在一场前所未有的危机期间应对该国睡眠健康问题的准备情况。2020年1月至2021年3月期间，邀请了黎巴嫩7所医学院的最后一年医学生填写一份调查问卷。使用医学教育中睡眠知识评估调查问卷来评估他们在睡眠医学方面的知识。还对医学院校的课程组织者进行了调查。采用学生t检验进行分析。2020年和2021年分别有158名和58名学生完成了调查，睡眠知识的平均总分分别为17.5分和15.9分（满分30分）。按性别、年龄、美国与欧洲医学院校系统以及课程中包含睡眠医学的医学院与不包含睡眠医学的医学院之间划分，平均知识得分没有差异。课程中是否存在睡眠医学教育与黎巴嫩毕业医学生在ASKME上的较高分数相关。然而，鉴于低回复率，这些描述性的试点数据可作为一项更大规模研究的起点，该研究具有更具代表性的样本，以获得可推广的结果。
