scholarly journals 0188 Mood Disorders Moderate the Relationship Between Sleep Quality and Leadership Development for U.S. Army Officer Candidates During ROTC Advanced Camp

SLEEP ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 43 (Supplement_1) ◽  
pp. A74-A74
Author(s):  
J Choynowski ◽  
M Pirner ◽  
C Mickelson ◽  
J Mantua ◽  
W J Sowden ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Sleep Quality ◽  
Mood Disorders ◽  
Process Model ◽  
The United States ◽  
Anxiety And Depression ◽  
Poor Sleep ◽  
Medicine Research ◽  
The Us ◽  
Rotc Cadets

Abstract Introduction U.S. Army Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC) Cadets are college students training to be Army Officers. During a month-long capstone course (Advanced Camp), Cadets are rated on their leadership ability. Little work has been done to determine predictors of leadership ability at Advanced Camp. This study examined the effect of poor sleep and mood disorders -- two prevalent factors among college students -- on leadership ability. Methods Metrics on leadership, sleep quality, anxiety, and depression, were assessed in 159 ROTC Cadets (22.06±2.49 years; 23.90%female) at Days 1 (Baseline), 14 (Mid), and 29 (Post) of Advanced Camp. Leadership ratings were determined by ROTC Instructors over the course of Advanced Camp (1–5 score; higher score indicates poorer leadership). Predictors were the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index, Generalized Anxiety Disorder-7, and Patient Health Questionnaire-9. The relationships between the predictors and leadership scores were tested using linear regression. The interaction between mood disorders and sleep quality on leadership was tested using SPSS Process (Model 1). Results Poorer sleep quality at the Post time point (reflecting the prior 2 weeks of sleep) predicted poorer leadership (B=.05,p=.03), while sleep quality from Baseline (B=.03,p=.14) and Mid (B=.01,p=.67) did not. Higher anxiety and depression scores from all time points predicted poorer leadership (p-values<.03). There was an interaction: higher anxiety and high depression predicted poorer leadership only in the context of poor sleep quality (not good or average sleep quality) [anxiety: R2=.04,F(1,159)=6.04,p=.02; interaction: R2=.03,F(1,155)=5.30,p=.02]. Conclusion The current study identified a relationship between sleep quality and leadership ratings in ROTC cadets. This relationship was moderated by anxiety and depression. ROTC instructors should encourage ROTC Cadets to take advantage of sleep opportunities at Advanced Camp in order to maximize leadership potential. Support Support for this study came from the Military Operational Medicine Research Program (MOMRP) of the United States Army Medical Research and Development Command (USAMRDC). Disclaimer: The opinions and assertions contained herein are the private views of the authors and are not to be construed as official or as reflecting the views of the US Army or of the US

Perceived Stress Mediates the Associations between Sleep Quality and Symptoms of Anxiety and Depression among College Nursing Students

2018 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Yuan Zhang ◽  
Anya Peters ◽  
Guanling Chen
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Nursing Students ◽  
Sleep Quality ◽  
Perceived Stress ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Mental Illnesses ◽  
Anxiety And Depression ◽  
Poor Sleep ◽  
Poor Sleep Quality ◽  
Increased Risk

AbstractMental illnesses, such as anxiety and depression, are top concerns among college students. Poor sleep quality intensifies the risk of mental illnesses. However, the mechanism for the associations between sleep quality and mental illnesses in college students is not well understood. Online surveys were collected with 242 undergraduate nursing students at a public university in the northeast United States. Multivariate linear regression models suggested that poor sleep quality was associated with an increased risk of symptoms of anxiety (β = 1.08, p < 0.01) and depression (β = 1.00, p < 0.01). Perceived stress mediated the association between sleep quality and symptoms of anxiety by 85.3 %, and mediated the association between sleep quality and symptoms of depression by 60.0 %. This study suggested that in addition to sleep promotion, effective interventions to identify unique stressors in nursing students and facilitate the development of appropriate coping strategies are needed to enhance their mental health and well-being.

Mechanisms of Fibromyalgia Pain

CNS Spectrums ◽  
2009 ◽  
Vol 14 (S16) ◽  
pp. 4-5 ◽  
Author(s):  
Roland Staud
Keyword(s):  
Pain Threshold ◽  
The United States ◽  
Chronic Widespread Pain ◽  
The Body ◽  
Anxiety And Depression ◽  
Poor Sleep ◽  
Tender Points ◽  
Chronic Pain Condition ◽  
The Past ◽  
The Us

Chronic musculoskeletal pain is highly prevalent in the United States and includes inflammatory and non-inflammatory syndromes, such as low back pain (reported by 59 million Americans in the past 3 months), neck pain (reported by 30.1 million Americans in the past 3 months), clinical osteoarthritis (reported by 27 million Americans in the past 3 months), and fibromyalgia (FM). FM affects between 2% to 4% of the US population or 12 million people. Inflammatory pain conditions commonly reported by patients include rheumatoid arthritis (2.5 million) and gout (3 million), among others. This article will focus primarily on FM, which is a chronic pain condition that predominately affects women.The current diagnostic criteria for FM include chronic widespread pain for at least 3 months and the presence of widespread mechanical tenderness. A patient with suspected FM must report pain in all four body quadrants and have at least 11 of 18 tender points for a positive diagnosis to be made. Tender points are areas of the body where pressure is applied until pain threshold is achieved. In addition to pain and tenderness, FM patients very frequently describe widespread stiffness and fatigue, disrupted or poor sleep, dyscognition, and mild soft tissue swelling. Patients often also report symptoms of anxiety and depression.

scholarly journals Health Behaviors of Higher Education Students from 7 Countries: Poorer Sleep Quality during the COVID-19 Pandemic Predicts Higher Dietary Risk

2021 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 12-30
Author(s):  
Chen Du ◽  
Megan Chong Hueh Zan ◽  
Min Jung Cho ◽  
Jenifer I. Fenton ◽  
Pao Ying Hsiao ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Sleep Quality ◽  
Health Behaviors ◽  
The United States ◽  
Stressful Events ◽  
Sitting Time ◽  
Risk Scores ◽  
Poor Sleep ◽  
Education Students ◽  
Dietary Risk

Health behaviors of higher education students can be negatively influenced by stressful events. The global COVID-19 pandemic presents a unique opportunity to characterize and compare health behaviors across multiple countries and to examine how these behaviors are shaped by the pandemic experience. Undergraduate and graduate students enrolled in universities in China, Ireland, Malaysia, South Korea, Taiwan, the Netherlands and the United States (USA) were recruited into this cross-sectional study. Eligible students filled out an online survey comprised of validated tools for assessing sleep quality and duration, dietary risk, alcohol misuse and physical activity between late April and the end of May 2020. Health behaviors were fairly consistent across countries, and all countries reported poor sleep quality. However, during the survey period, the COVID-19 pandemic influenced the health behaviors of students in European countries and the USA more negatively than Asian countries, which could be attributed to the differences in pandemic time course and caseloads. Students who experienced a decline in sleep quality during the COVID-19 pandemic had higher dietary risk scores than students who did not experience a change in sleep quality (p = 0.001). Improved sleep quality was associated with less sitting time (p = 0.010). Addressing sleep issues among higher education students is a pressing concern, especially during stressful events. These results support the importance of making education and behavior-based sleep programming available for higher education students in order to benefit students’ overall health.

Differential Diagnosis of Sluggish Cognitive Tempo Symptoms in College Students

2020 ◽  
pp. 108705471989685
Author(s):  
Benjamin J. Lovett ◽  
Whitney L. M. Wood ◽  
Lawrence J. Lewandowski
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Sleep Quality ◽  
Substance Misuse ◽  
Sleep Problems ◽  
Sluggish Cognitive Tempo ◽  
Poor Sleep ◽  
Depression And Anxiety ◽  
Poor Sleep Quality ◽  
Clinically Significant ◽  
Cognitive Tempo

Objective: Sluggish cognitive tempo (SCT) refers to a set of symptoms that prior research has found to be related to several different psychological disorders, especially the predominantly inattentive presentation of ADHD. This study collected evidence relevant to the question of whether SCT is a distinct disorder. Method: College students ( N = 910) completed measures of SCT, ADHD, depression, anxiety, sleep quality, and substance misuse. Results: Students reporting clinically high SCT (reporting at least five symptoms often or very often) had significantly higher levels and rates of other types of psychopathology. Moreover, when students reporting clinically significant levels of ADHD, depression, and anxiety symptoms, poor sleep quality, or hazardous levels of alcohol or cannabis use were removed, very few students reporting high SCT remained (only 4.8% of the original high-SCT group). Conclusion: SCT may be best thought of as a symptom set common to many types of psychopathology, and it may be caused by sleep problems or substance misuse as well.

scholarly journals Relationship Between Trait Mindfulness and Sleep Quality in College Students: A Conditional Process Model

2020 ◽  
Vol 11 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiaoqian Ding ◽  
Xinshu Wang ◽  
Zirong Yang ◽  
Rongxiang Tang ◽  
Yi-Yuan Tang
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Sleep Quality ◽  
Process Model ◽  
Trait Mindfulness

Prevalence and risk factors of restless legs syndrome in patients of migraine without aura

2019 ◽  
Vol 6 (6) ◽  
pp. 1706
Author(s):  
Karthik Nagaraj ◽  
Ramesh Patil
Keyword(s):  
Sleep Quality ◽  
Restless Legs Syndrome ◽  
Migraine Without Aura ◽  
Rating Scale ◽  
Depression Scale ◽  
Anxiety And Depression ◽  
Poor Sleep ◽  
Poor Sleep Quality ◽  
Restless Legs ◽  
Midas Questionnaire

Background: An association between migraine and Restless Legs Syndrome (RLS) has been proposed due to shared dopaminergic dysfunction. Both have substantial effects on the quality of life. Identifying co morbidities of migraine helps in optimizing patient management. Objectives To study the prevalence of RLS in patients of migraine without aura, and associated co morbidities of RLS.Methods: This was a hospital based prospective observational study. All patients diagnosed as Migraine without aura as per ICHD-3 criteria completed the questions regarding migraine headache, Migraine Disability Assessment (MIDAS) questionnaire, Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS), Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI) and International RLS Study Group (IRLSSG) Rating Scale. RLS was diagnosed using the IRLSSG criteria. Serological investigations were done to look for secondary causes of RLS.Results: Out of 200 consecutive patients of migraine without aura were included in the study over a period of 18 months. Frequency of RLS was 13.5% (n=27). All patients had primary RLS. Mean PSQI score was higher in the patients of migraine without aura with RLS than in non RLS patients of migraine without aura (3.30±2.66 vs 2.24±2.03 p≤0.0168). Poor sleep quality, anxiety, depression was found in 9%, 8% and 2.5% respectively in patients of migraine without aura.Conclusions: An association between migraine without aura and RLS was demonstrated. Migraine without aura was associated with increased frequency of poor sleep quality, anxiety and depression.

scholarly journals Relations Among Poor Sleep, Anxiety and Depression Among the Students of Health Sciences

2017 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 26-38
Author(s):  
Andruškienė Jurgita ◽  
Barsevičienė Šarūnė ◽  
Mažionienė Asta ◽  
Virbalienė Akvilė
Keyword(s):  
Oral Health ◽  
Sleep Quality ◽  
Health Sciences ◽  
Categorical Variables ◽  
Anxiety And Depression ◽  
Poor Sleep ◽  
Fisher Exact Test ◽  
Depression And Anxiety ◽  
Disturbed Sleep ◽  
Physiotherapy Students

AbstractThe research in the area of health sciences students’ sleep quality and mood disorders is lacking in Lithuania, as well as other European countries. The aim of this study was to compare prevalence of poor sleep, anxiety and depression among the students according to the study programmes and to assess the relations among poor sleep, depression and anxiety. The study sample consisted of 672 Klaipeda State University of Applied Sciences students (95.5% were female), from 18 to 46 years of age. Sleep quality was evaluated by Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index, anxiety by Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale, sociodemographic questions were used. The chi-square test or Fisher exact test was used to estimate association between categorical variables. P-values less than 0.05 were interpreted as statistically significant. Poor sleep was more prevalent among Beauty Therapy (26.4%, 95% CI 22.2-30.56) and Nursing (21.3%, 95% CI 17.42 – 25.17) students, as compared with persons studying in Oral Health programmes (14.8%, 95% CI 11.46 – 18.17), p<0.05. Depression mean score was higher in Beauty Therapy students (4.76), as compared to Oral Health (3.69) students, p<0.05. Beauty Therapy (9.99) or Physiotherapy students (8.24) had higher anxiety mean score, as compared to Oral Health students (7.14), p<0.05. Anxiety mean score was significantly higher (8.45) among the ones with disturbed sleep, as compared to normally sleeping students (5.86), p<0.001. Depression mean score (4.77) was higher among the students having disturbed sleep, as compared to the students which sleep was not disturbed (2.87), p<0.001. Poor sleep and anxiety were more prevalent among the students aged 20 years and older as compared to the students, aged 18 and 19 years. Second and third year students more often had poor sleep or anxiety as compared to the first-year students. Poor sleep and anxiety were more common among Beauty Therapy and Physiotherapy students than among Oral Health Students. Among the students who slept poorly, symptoms of anxiety and depression were statistically significantly more frequent than those students whose sleep was not disturbed. Depression and anxiety mean scores were statistically significantly higher among the students who had poor sleep, as compared to the ones who had normal sleep, in all age and year of studying groups.

scholarly journals College Students’ Sleep Habits and Their Perceptions Regarding Its Effects on Quality of Life

2018 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 7 ◽  
Author(s):  
Megan L. Herrmann ◽  
Anthena K. Palmer ◽  
Morgan F. Sechrist ◽  
Sam Abraham
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
College Students ◽  
Extracurricular Activities ◽  
Sleep Problems ◽  
The United States ◽  
Poor Sleep ◽  
Significant Finding ◽  
Sleep Habits ◽  
Spring Semester

Objective: Poor sleep in college students can attribute to poor academic performance. Poor sleep is detrimental to health; however, adequate sleep is not often seen as a priority. The objective of the study was to better understand college students’ sleep habits and determine their perceptions regarding the effects of these sleep habits on quality of life.Methodology: A quantitative, cross-sectional approach with a descriptive design was appropriate for this study. Participants were 122 students, in a Christian college with a population of about 2000 in the mid-western region of the United States. The survey instrument was developed with 6 demographic items and 19 statements using a 4-point Likert-type scale. Data collection occurred in the hallway of the library on two days in the spring semester of 2016.Results: Regarding sleep habits, the average college student keeps their sleep and study spaces separate, they wake up at a regular time every day, they do use technology, such as a cell phone, TV/radio, computer, or iPad before going to sleep, and they have a sleep environment that is quiet and calming. A significant finding was that students did not think extracurricular activities (anything outside of class) negatively affected their sleep. Conclusions: A large percentage of students use technology before bed, which places them at a higher risk for negative quality of life. Students admit to experiencing irregularity in their sleep patterns (M=3.59, on a 4-point scale); however, most participants did not agree that caffeine consumption (M=2.15), extracurricular activities (M=2.25), or daytime naps (M=2.16) contributed to sleep problems.

scholarly journals The psychophysiological effects of the COVID-19 quarantine in the college students

2021 ◽  
Vol 25 (3) ◽  
pp. 158-163
Author(s):  
Yusuf Soylu
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
College Students ◽  
Sleep Quality ◽  
Musculoskeletal Pain ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Short Form ◽  
Negative Mood ◽  
Mood States ◽  
Poor Sleep ◽  
Lower Back

Background and Study Aim. A global pandemic affected by COVID-19 resulted in restrictions to daily routines, including recreation activities, social skills, and academic and health quality of college students. This study aimed to evaluate the psychophysiological effect of coronavirus quarantine on physical activity and its’ relationship between sleep quality, mood states and musculoskeletal pain in college students. Material and Methods. A total of 392 (male = 150; female = 242; age = 22.9±5.5) college students completed an online survey. The International Physical Activity Questionnaire-Short Form (IPAQ-SF), the Brunel Mood Scale, the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI) and the Visual Analogue Scale for musculoskeletal pain (MSP) were used in this study. Results. Total physical activity significantly correlation with PSQI (p < 0.05, r = -.103), fatigue (p < 0.01, r = -.344), depression (p < 0.01, r = -.258), angry (p < 0.01, r = -.210), vigour (p < 0.01, r = -.344), neck and shoulder, upper and lower back (p < 0.01, r = -.225), neck and shoulder correlation (p < 0.01, r = -.230), upper and lower back (p < 0.01, r = -.209). Furthermore, a positive correlation was shown between PSQI and negative moods and a negative correlation with positive mood. Conclusions. During quarantine, decreased physical activity was associated with higher negative mood states and poor sleep quality and more MSP. The COVID-19 quarantine has considerably affected mental health-related crisis consists of desperation, self-consciousness and deficiency of physical capabilities in young adults, especially in college students.

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