Study to assess the sleep quality of undergraduate medical students in Jammu region of Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir during COVID-19 pandemic
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COVID-19, sleep quality, medical students, jammuAbstract
Background: COVID-19 has inflicted uncounted miseries on one and all, since its onset. Every sphere of life of lakhs of population, including medical students have been affected to a lesser or greater extent. Increased levels of stress due to pandemic have a bearing on the quality of sleep among medical students. Authors aimed to assess the quality of sleep among medical students during this pandemic and the relationship, if any, between sleep quality and socio-demographic variables.
Methods: An online survey was conducted among medical students in the month of January 2022 when India was in the grip of third wave of pandemic. This cross-sectional study was conducted in a tertiary care teaching hospital in Jammu city of UT of J&K, India using Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI) questionnaire.
Results: Among 307 participants, mean global PSQI score was 9.91± 3.62 which indicated a poor quality of sleep. Among the component scores, habitual sleep efficiency had the highest score of 2.99± 0.16. Majority (91.53%) of the respondents had a poor sleep quality with global PSQI score >5. Among the socio-demographic variables, alcohol intake and any conflict in the family were found to be statistically significant (p<0.05).
Conclusion: With nine out of every ten medical students having poor quality of sleep, it is indeed a cause for concern. Authors recommend anxiety (stress) management, lifestyle modification and sleep education programs to be incorporated in medical curriculum and updated at frequent intervals.
Key words: COVID-19, sleep quality, medical students, Jammu.
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