期刊名称:Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health
印刷版ISSN:1753-2000
电子版ISSN:1753-2000
出版年度:2011
卷号:5
期号:1
页码:25
DOI:10.1186/1753-2000-5-25
语种:English
出版社:BioMed Central
摘要:The aim of this study was to describe sleep habits and sleep problems in a population of undergraduates in Palestine. Association between self-reported sleep quality and self-reported academic achievement was also investigated. Sleep habits and problems were investigated using a convenience sample of students from An-Najah National University, Palestine. The study was carried out during spring semester, 2009. A self-administered questionnaire developed based on The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders IV criteria and Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index was used. 400 students with a mean age of 20.2 ± 1.3 were studied. Reported mean duration of night sleep in the study sample was 6.4 ± 1.1 hours. The majority (58.3%) of students went to bed before midnight and 18% of the total sample woke up before 6 am. Sleep latency of more than one hour was present in 19.3% of the students. Two thirds (64.8%) of the students reported having at least one nocturnal awakening per night. Nightmares were the most common parasomnia reported by students. Daytime naps were common and reported in 74.5% of the study sample. Sleep quality was reported as
关键词:Academic Achievement ; Sleep Quality ; Sleep Problem ; Daytime Sleepiness ; Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index