title: Sleep quantity, quality, and insomnia symptoms of medical students during clinical years. Relationship with stress and academic performance.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To determine sleep habits and sleep quality in medical students during their clinical years using validated measures; and to investigate associations with academic performance and psychological stress.
  
  
  METHODS
  In this cross-sectional study, medical students (n=320) were randomly selected from a list of all enrolled clinical-year students in a Saudi medical school from 2011-2012. Students filled a questionnaire including demographic and lifestyle factors, Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index, Epworth Sleepiness Scale, and Perceived Stress Scale.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Students acquired on average, 5.8 hours of sleep each night, with an average bedtime at 01:53. Approximately 8% reported acquiring sleep during the day, and not during nighttime. Poor sleep quality was present in 30%, excessive daytime sleepiness (EDS) in 40%, and insomnia symptoms in 33% of students. Multivariable regression models revealed significant associations between stress, poor sleep quality, and EDS. Poorer academic performance and stress were associated with symptoms of insomnia.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Sleep deprivation, poor sleep quality, and EDS are common among clinical years medical students. High levels of stress and the pressure of maintaining grade point averages may be influencing their quality of sleep.
authors.affiliation: Sleep Medicine and Research Center, King Abdulaziz University Hospital, Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. E-mail. moh.saggaf@hotmail.com.
authors.forename: Mohammed A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Alsaggaf
authors.forename: Siraj O
authors.initials: SO
authors.lastname: Wali
authors.forename: Roah A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Merdad
authors.forename: Leena A
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Merdad
mesh_terms: D000124:Achievement; D000328:Adult; D002982:Clinical Clerkship; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D004504:Education, Medical, Undergraduate; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D016015:Logistic Models; D008297:Male; D015999:Multivariate Analysis; D012529:Saudi Arabia / Q000453:epidemiology; D012890:Sleep; D012892:Sleep Deprivation / Q000453:epidemiology*; D007319:Sleep Initiation and Maintenance Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology*; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000453:epidemiology*; D013337:Students, Medical / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D055815:Young Adult
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