scholarly journals Sleep–wake rhythm and its association with lifestyle, health-related quality of life and academic performance among Japanese nursing students: a cross-sectional study

BMC Nursing ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Momoko Kayaba ◽  
Toshiko Matsushita ◽  
Noriko Katayama ◽  
Yuichi Inoue ◽  
Taeko Sasai-Sakuma
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Academic Performance ◽  
Nursing Students ◽  
Health Related Quality ◽  
Intermediate Type ◽  
Mixed Effect ◽  
Related Quality ◽  
Health Related ◽  
Morning Type

Abstract Background Young adults are likely to have activities and go to bed late at night due to their age-dependent delayed endogenous circadian clock. The purpose of the present study was to clarify sleep–wake rhythm and its association with lifestyle, health-related quality of life, and academic performance among nursing students. Methods Self-reported questionnaires were distributed to undergraduate nursing students at six universities in Japan. Sleep–wake rhythm was assessed using the morningness-eveningness questionnaire. A quantitative design using the generalized linear mixed effect model was utilized to identify the factors related to the evening type among female nursing students (n = 447). Results About 18% of the participants were identified as the evening type. Evening type was associated with living alone, part-time job, and club activity. Sleep duration on weekdays was shorter, meal time duration was the shortest, and the percentages of students who skipped meals and those who gained body weight were higher in the evening type than in the morning type and intermediate type. Mental health-related quality of life was lower in the intermediate type and evening type than in the morning type, while there was no difference in physical health-related quality of life among these groups. The percentages of the nursing students who have experienced absence, tardiness, falling asleep during class, and/or interference with academic achievement were higher in the evening type than in other groups. Conclusions The present study has important implications for nursing students’ biological characteristics and lifestyle, which are associated with their health-related quality of life and academic performance.

scholarly journals Chronotype and its association with lifestyle, health-related quality of life and academic performance among Japanese nursing students: A cross-sectional study

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Momoko Kayaba ◽  
Toshiko Matsushita ◽  
Noriko Katayama ◽  
Yuichi Inoue ◽  
Taeko Sasai-Sakuma
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Academic Performance ◽  
Nursing Students ◽  
Health Related Quality ◽  
Intermediate Type ◽  
Mixed Effect ◽  
Related Quality ◽  
Health Related ◽  
Morning Type

Abstract Background: Generally, nursing university students struggle with academic work, that consequently bring about delayed bed time, insufficient sleep and worsened daytime functioning. The purpose of the present study is to clarify chronotype and its association with lifestyle, health-related quality of life and academic performance among nursing students.Methods: Self-reported questionnaires were distributed to undergraduate nursing students at six universities. Chronotype was assessed using the morningness-eveningness questionnaire. The generalized linear mixed effect model was utilized to identify the related factors with evening type among female nursing students (n = 447).Results: About 18% of Japanese female nursing students were identified as evening type. Evening type was associated with living alone, part-time job and club activity. Sleep duration on weekdays was shorter, meal time duration was the shortest, and the percentages of students who skipped meals and those who gained body weight were higher in the evening type than in the morning type and intermediate type. Mental health-related quality of life was lower in the intermediate type and evening type than in the morning type, while there was no difference in physical health-related quality of life among chronotype groups. The percentages of the nursing students who have experienced absence, tardiness, falling asleep during class and/or interference with academic achievement were higher in the evening type than in other chronotypes.Conclusions: Education of sleep hygiene and a healthy lifestyle to prevent late sleep-wake rhythm would contribute to improve nursing students’ health-related quality of life / academic performance.

scholarly journals Sleep/wake rhythm and its association with lifestyle, health-related quality of life and academic performance among Japanese nursing students: A cross-sectional study

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Momoko Kayaba ◽  
Toshiko Matsushita ◽  
Noriko Katayama ◽  
Yuichi Inoue ◽  
Taeko Sasai-Sakuma
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Academic Performance ◽  
Nursing Students ◽  
Health Related Quality ◽  
Intermediate Type ◽  
Mixed Effect ◽  
Related Quality ◽  
Health Related ◽  
Morning Type

Abstract Background: Young adults are likely to have activities and go to bed late at night due to their age-dependent delayed endogenous circadian clock. The purpose of the present study was to clarify sleep/wake rhythm and its association with lifestyle, health-related quality of life, and academic performance among nursing students.Methods: Self-reported questionnaires were distributed to undergraduate nursing students at six universities in Japan. Sleep/wake rhythm was assessed using the morningness-eveningness questionnaire. A quantitative design using the generalized linear mixed effect model was utilized to identify the factors related to the evening type among female nursing students (n=447). Results: About 18% of the participants were identified as the evening type. Evening type was associated with living alone, part-time job, and club activity. Sleep duration on weekdays was shorter, meal time duration was the shortest, and the percentages of students who skipped meals and those who gained body weight were higher in the evening type than in the morning type and intermediate type. Mental health-related quality of life was lower in the intermediate type and evening type than in the morning type, while there was no difference in physical health-related quality of life among these groups. The percentages of the nursing students who have experienced absence, tardiness, falling asleep during class, and/or interference with academic achievement were higher in the evening type than in other groups.Conclusions: The present study has important implications for nursing students’ biological characteristics and lifestyle, which are associated with their health-related quality of life and academic performance.

Predictors of the quality of life of medical university students in the initial period of schooling

2021 ◽  
Vol 27 (1) ◽  
pp. 5-16
Author(s):  
Vladimir V. Kuznetsov ◽  
Kirill V. Kosilov ◽  
Ekaterina K. Fedorishcheva ◽  
Elena Yu. Kostina ◽  
Olga A. Barabash
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Academic Performance ◽  
Medical Students ◽  
Professional Burnout ◽  
Health Related Quality ◽  
Self Assessment ◽  
Related Quality ◽  
Health Related ◽  
Medical University

AIM: This study aimed to examine prognostic parameters of health-related quality of life of medical students to determine the possibilities of its correlation with subsequent optimization of the educational environment of the university. MATERIALS AND METHODS: The study was conducted from 02/01/2017 to 01/10/2020 at the School of Biomedicine of the Far Eastern Federal University and the Pacific State Medical University. It included 496 students of both sexes [251 (50.6%) women, 245 (49.4%) men; average age, 20.4 years] enrolled in 13 medical courses. Demographic characteristics, education and living conditions, and morbidity data were collected using the comprehensive I.V. Pozdeeva questionnaire (2008) supplemented by authors as well as the standard medical documentation of the polyclinic. The MOS SF-36 Health-Related Quality of Life Brief Self-Assessment Questionnaire was used to evaluate the health-related quality of life. The Academic Motivation Scale questionnaire survey was performed, and statistical data on academic performance were collected using K. Maslach and S. Jackson questionnaire for the administrative offices of educational institutions. RESULTS: The following scores were obtained on the self-assessment of the quality of life: physical functioning, 58.8 points; role functioning, 27.4 points; somatic pain (reverse assessment), 79.4 points; general well-being, 48.6 points; hardiness, 61.2 points; social functioning, 57.3 points; emotional status, 51.0 points; psychological comfort, 53.7 points. The students showed a high level of motivation to learn (47.759.8 points by the Vallerand scale) and a low professional burnout index (24.944.0 by Maslach and Jackson scale); the performance indicators were 4.14.6 points. Each parameter of self-assessment of physical and mental state is significantly associated with the composite average assessment of the health-related quality of life (r=0.490.86; p0.05). The health-related quality of life of medical students was found to be associated with academic performance (=0.27, p0.05), but motivation to study (=0.35, p0.05) was not correlated with the level of professional burnout. A strong relationship was also found between health-related quality of life and comorbidity (=0.30, p0.05) and sports (=0.27, p0.05). CONCLUSIONS: The scores on the total self-assessment of the quality of life by medical students are within the normal range. Most students are highly motivated to learn, perform well, and have little or no burnout. The health-related quality of life of medical students at the start of their schooling is reliably influenced by academic performance, motivation to study, and level of chronic morbidity and physical activity.

scholarly journals Scores of Health-Related Quality of Life Questionnaire Worsen Consistently in Patients of COPD: Estimating Disease Progression over 30 Years by SReFT with Individual Data Collected in SUMMIT Trial

2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (8) ◽  
pp. 2676
Author(s):  
Shinya Kawamatsu ◽  
Ryota Jin ◽  
Shogo Araki ◽  
Hideki Yoshioka ◽  
Hiromi Sato ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Disease Progression ◽  
Linear Mixed Effect Model ◽  
Life Questionnaire ◽  
Health Related Quality ◽  
Mixed Effect ◽  
Lung Functions ◽  
Related Quality ◽  
Health Related

The aim of this study was to elucidate the lifelong disease progression of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) with biomarker changes and identify their influencing factors, by utilizing a new analysis method, Statistical Restoration of Fragmented Time-course (SReFT). Individual patient data (n = 1025) participating in the Study to Understand Mortality and MorbidITy (SUMMIT, NCT01313676), which was collected within the observational period of 4 years, were analyzed. The SReFT analysis suggested that scores of St. George’s Respiratory Questionnaire and COPD assessment test, representative scores of the health-related quality of life (HRQOL) questionnaire, increased consistently for 30 years of disease progression, which was not detected by conventional analysis with a linear mixed effect model. It was estimated by the SReFT analysis that normalized forced expiratory volume in one second for age, sex, and body size (%FEV1) reduced for the initial 10 years from the onset of the disease but thereafter remained constant. The analysis of HRQOL scores and lung functions suggested that smoking cessation slowed COPD progression by approximately half and that exacerbation accelerated it considerably. In conclusion, this retrospective study utilizing SReFT elucidated the progression of COPD over 30 years and associated quantitative changes in the HRQOL scores and lung functions.

scholarly journals Health-related quality of life of individuals sharing a household with persons with dementia

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Judith Dams ◽  
Thomas Grochtdreis ◽  
Hans-Helmut König
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Health Related Quality ◽  
Mixed Effect ◽  
Mixed Effect Models ◽  
Related Quality ◽  
Health Related ◽  
Negative Effect ◽  
Lower Hrqol ◽  
The Impact

Abstract Introduction Previous research has found a negative effect of dementia on the health-related quality of life (HrQoL) of persons with dementia (PWD) and their primary informal caregivers. However, the impact of dementia on HrQoL of other individuals sharing a household with PWD has not been investigated to date. The current study therefore aimed to determine differences in the HrQoL between those sharing a household with PWD and those not living with PWD. In addition, factors related to the HrQoL of those sharing a household with PWD were evaluated. Methods The analyses were based on data from the German Socio-Economic Panel, using the SF-12 to measure HrQoL. Mixed-effects models were calculated to compare the HrQoL of those sharing a household with PWD and persons not living with PWD, as well as to determine factors related to the HrQoL of those sharing a household with PWD. Bootstrapping was used where residuals were not normally distributed. Results Mixed-effect models showed a significantly lower HrQoL among those sharing a household with PWD, compared to those not living with PWD. Number of diseases, number of persons in the household, marital status and educational level were significantly related to HrQoL among those sharing a household with PWD. Discussion The HrQoL of those sharing a household with PWD was reduced compared to persons not living with PWD. Further, those living with PWD in small households, or those with multi-morbidities had a lower HrQoL. Further research focusing on HrQoL in the social environment of PWD is needed.

scholarly journals Health Related Quality of Life (HRQOL) and its correlation with academic performance of medical students

2019 ◽  
Vol 35 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Shahid Sarwar ◽  
Abdul Aleem ◽  
Muhammad Arif Nadeem
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Academic Performance ◽  
Medical Students ◽  
Physical Health ◽  
P Value ◽  
Health Related Quality ◽  
Role Limitation ◽  
Related Quality ◽  
Health Related

Objective: To determine health related quality of life (HRQOL) of medical students and its correlation with their academic performance. Methods: Cross sectional study at Services Institute of Medical Sciences, included students of 4th and final year MBBS, who filled SF-36 proforma of HRQOL. Scores of 8-domains and of physical component and mental component summary were determined. Marks in all professional examinations were used to stratify students as high performers (≥ 70% marks) and average performing students (< 70%). HRQOL scores was correlated with academic performance using unpaired student’s t-test. Results: Among 267 students included, mental health score (56.2±21.3) was lower than physical health component score (69.03±18.5). Role limitation due to emotional health (RE) (44.81), Vitality (VT) (54.19) and general health perception (GH) (58.89) had lower scores among 8domains of questionnaire. Female students had significantly lower scores in role limitation due to emotional problems (p value <0.04), vitality (<0.05), bodily pain (p value <0.05) and general health perception (p value<0.03) than male students. Physical health and role limitation due to physical health domains were better in high performing students. Conclusion: Mental health of medical students is suboptimal, especially among female students. Students with better physical health have better academic performance. How to cite this:Sarwar S, Aleem A, Nadeem MA. Health Related Quality of Life (HRQOL) and its correlation with academic performance of medical students. Pak J Med Sci. 2019;35(1):266-270. doi: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.35.1.147 This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

scholarly journals Health-related quality of life and depressive symptoms in undergraduate nursing students

2012 ◽  
Vol 20 (4) ◽  
pp. 736-743 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ismelinda Maria Diniz Mendes Souza ◽  
Helena Borges Martins da Silva Paro ◽  
Rogerio Rizo Morales ◽  
Rogerio de Melo Costa Pinto ◽  
Carlos Henrique Martins da Silva
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Depressive Symptoms ◽  
Nursing Students ◽  
Short Form ◽  
Health Related Quality ◽  
Convenience Sample ◽  
Sf 36 ◽  
Related Quality ◽  
Health Related

This is a descriptive, cross-sectional study aimed at investigating the health-related quality of life (HRQoL) of nursing students and its relationship with year of training, sociodemographic variables and the intensity of depressive symptoms. A convenience sample of 256 students, out of 353 eligible (72%), responded to the Medical Outcomes Study - The 36 Item Short-Form Health Survey (SF-36) and the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI) (self-administered). Final-year students, females and students with a higher intensity of depressive symptoms presented lower SF-36 scores in the physical functioning, vitality and social functioning domains. Institutional psychopedagogic support programs may minimize this negative impact on the HRQoL and encourage better professional performance of students in higher vulnerability situations.

scholarly journals The Impact of the Magnitude of the Group of Bullies on Health-Related Quality of Life and Academic Performance Among Adolescents

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ángela de Lourdes Martín-Pérez ◽  
Juan José Gascón-Cánovas
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Academic Achievement ◽  
Academic Performance ◽  
Peer Victimization ◽  
Odds Ratio ◽  
Health Related Quality ◽  
Related Quality ◽  
Health Related ◽  
Social Domains

AbstractThis study examines the consequences that physical and verbal/social victimization by peers and the magnitude of the groups of bullies have on academic performance and the psychological and social domains of Health-related Quality of Life (HRQoL). 1428 secondary school students in the south-east Spain completed the Spanish version of the “Adolescent Peer Relations Instrument-Bullying” and “KIDSCREEN-52” questionnaires in order to analyse, respectively, peer victimization and the psychological and social domains of HRQoL. Data on sociodemographic characteristics and academic achievement was also collected. Findings emphasise the potential of peer victimization in all its forms as risk factors explaining poor HRQoL in psychological, social and emotional domains. The number of bullies was an imponent and significant risk factor that explains a worse HRQoL in the five socio-psychological dimensions studied (Odds Ratio 4.08, Odds Ratio 9.25, Odds Ratio 4.69, Odds Ratio 2.91, Odds Ratio 11.92). Nevertheless, peer victimization rarely seems to affect academic achievement. Results suggest that much of prevention and intervention are still needed to reduce peer victimization, focusing on large bullies’ groups and their harmful impact on adolescent’s HRQoL.

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