Sleep quality in universities in a private institution

Abstract

INTRODUCTION: Sleep is a normal and temporary suspension of the level of consciousness, being part of the sleep-wake cycle, being regulated by a circadian component. College students are likely to get sleep disorders due to lifestyle and environmental factors. OBJECTIVE: To investigate the quality of sleep, the presence of excessive daytime sleepiness and associated factors in students of the physiotherapy course at a private college. METHODOLOGY: This is a cross-sectional, quantitative field study where volunteers were assessed using the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI) and Epworth sleepiness scale. Physiotherapy students were included and those who did not completely fill out the instruments and those who took medications that affect sleep were excluded. For the statistical analysis, a 95% confidence interval and a significance level of 5% (p ? 0.05) were used. RESULTS: There were 80 students, 71.3% were female, 80% were single and in the morning shift, 63.5% did not work, 46.3% practiced physical activity. As for sleep quality, a mean PSQI score of 9.5 ± 3.6 was observed, with a predominance of poor sleep quality in students with 82.5%. Regarding the presence of excessive daytime sleepiness (SED) in students, an average Epworth scale score of 11.2 ± 4.5 was observed, with 55% of students presenting EDS. There was no difference between the PSQI and Epworth scores between the periods of the course, study shift and working students. CONCLUSION: There was a higher prevalence of students with poor sleep, where excessive daytime sleepiness was highlighted in the majority. The poor quality of sleep reached students without differentiating between periods of the course, study shift and work.