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Volume 12 Issue 2 ( April- June) 2023

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Sleep Quality and Associated Factors among Undergraduate Medical Students of Medical College in Gwalior District of Central India
Dr. Akshat Pathak, Dr. AparnaThamman, Dr. Prashant Kumar Dixit, Dr. Rani Verma

Background: This study was framed with the aim to investigate the sleep quality and its association with different factors among the undergraduate medical students. This study also investigated the association between bed use of gadgets and time taken to fall asleep (sleep latency).Material and Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted among the 265 undergraduate medical students of a teaching medical college in Gwalior District.This study was based on a self-reported questionnaire, which was administered to undergraduate medical students. The multicomponent questionnaire collected information on sociodemographic characteristics, sleep quality using the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI), and screen time (minutes) daily spend onTV, TV-connected devices, laptops, smartphones, and tablets. Chi square test and logistic regression was applied. Level of significance was set at 5%.Results:Out of total 265 students 122 were Poor Sleeper and 143 were good sleeper. As compared to the students doing exercise more than 3 days a week; the students doing exercise less than 3 days a week were about two times higher risk [OR: 1.848; 95% CI: 1.119-3.051]. Undergraduate medical students who were using less than 8 hour screen time per day as compared to those using more than8 hour screen time per day at lower risk for poor sleep [OR: 0.494 ; 95% CI: 0.297-0.820].Medical students who used gadget within 30 min of going to bed were take longer time (> half hour) to sleep.Conclusion: Students doing any physical exercise less than 3 days in a week and spending ≥8 hours daily on screen of any gadget were at risk for poor sleep quality. Bed time gadget usage was found to have a significant negative impact on sleep latency.

 
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