Relation between sleep quality and metabolic syndrome among university students

This transversal study aimed to analyze the relationship between poor sleep quality and metabolic syndrome among university students. The sleep quality and the components of metabolic syndrome of 701 university students from Fortaleza, Brazil, were evaluated during 2011 and 2012. In the evaluation of the scale of the associations, robust Poisson regression was used, adjusted for sex and age. The prevalence of metabolic syndrome and poor quality sleep was 1.7% and 95.3% respectively. There was an increase in risk of 5% of developing metabolic syndrome among those university students who slept poorly (p=0.013). It is concluded that the university students in the sample who were poor sleepers present a greater probability of presenting metabolic syndrome.

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Time to think

10.31234/osf.io/9eaqr ◽

2018 ◽

Author(s):

Ray Norbury

Keyword(s):

Mental Health ◽

University Students ◽

Sleep Quality ◽

Online Survey ◽

Poor Quality ◽

Current Evidence ◽

First Year ◽

Poor Sleep ◽

Start Time ◽

Quality Sleep

Poor quality sleep is related to mental health and there is increasing interest in student wellbeing and mental health. The aim of the current study was to evaluate sleep quality, daytime dozing, anxiety proneness, chronotype and preferred start time in a sample of university students. A total of 546 university students (age range, 18-55) from two university located in South East England were included and completed an online survey. Participants’ self-reported age, gender, year and field of study. Sleep quality, anxiety, daytime dozing, coffee/caffeine/tobacco use (coded as binary variables), preferred start time and chronotype were also recorded. Data were analysed using independent samples t¬-tests, chi-square, simple mediation-analyses and Analysis of Variance. Across the entire sample 46% percent of participants rated their sleep as fairly bad or very bad. Poor quality sleep was associated with significantly higher levels of anxiety which was not mediated by chronotype. Poor quality sleep is more prevalent in the first year of university and our sample endorsed a start time for university activities approximately 2 hours later than currently timetabled. The current findings demonstrate that a large proportion of students are chronically sleep deprived, obtaining, on average, less than 7 hours sleep per night on week days and this was more marked in first year students. In addition, we show that poor sleep is associated with increased anxiety. Based on the current evidence the authors suggest a review of current university timetabling and examination scheduling merits immediate consideration by policy makers and educators.

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Stress, Sleep and Performance in International and Domestic University Students

Journal of International Students ◽

10.32674/jis.v12i1.3299 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 12 (1) ◽

Author(s):

Corinne Pei Yun Tan ◽

Kenneth Mark Greenwood

Keyword(s):

Academic Performance ◽

University Students ◽

Sleep Quality ◽

Perceived Stress ◽

Acculturative Stress ◽

Poor Sleep ◽

Domestic Students ◽

And Performance ◽

The University ◽

The Relationship

Stress and poor sleep quality are serious and common problems among university students that could have detrimental effects on their academic performance. International students may experience greater difficulty than domestic students because they also need to deal with the challenges associated with moving to a new culture. The present study aimed to investigate the relationship between stress (perceived and acculturative), sleep quality and academic performance by comparing them between international and domestic students. Perceived stress negatively correlated with sleep quality. However, no relationship was found between acculturative stress and sleep quality, between sleep quality and academic performance, and between stress (perceived and acculturative) and academic performance. Differences on perceived stress and sleep quality between international and domestic students were found. Perceived stress was found to be an important factor that requires the university to focus on effective stress management programs that could be useful for achieving better sleep quality.

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THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN SMART PHONE USAGE AND SLEEP DISTURBANCES AND PSYCHOLOGICAL DISSTRESS AMONG STUDENTS

Journal of Medicine and Pharmacy ◽

10.34071/jmp.2017.4.19 ◽

2017 ◽

pp. 125-130

Author(s):

Minh Tam Nguyen ◽

Phuc Thanh Nhan Nguyen ◽

Thi Thuy Hang Nguyen

Keyword(s):

High School ◽

High School Students ◽

University Students ◽

Sleep Quality ◽

Sleep Disturbances ◽

Public Health Problem ◽

Smartphone Addiction ◽

Poor Sleep ◽

School Students ◽

The Relationship

The increasing use of smartphone among young people is creating negative effects and is an important public health problem in many countries. Smartphone abuse and addiction may cause physical and psychological disorders among users. However, the awarenes on this issue has been inadequate due to lacking of evidence. Objectives: To describe the current situation of smartphone using among students at highschools and universities in Hue city and to examine the relationship between smartphone using and sleep disturbances and psychological disstress among participants. Methods: A cross-sectional study with a randomly selected sample of 1,150 students at highschools and universities in Hue city. SAS-SV scale was used to evaluate phone addiction status, K10 scale was used for psychological distress assessment and PSQI scale was used to examine the sleep quality. Results: The proportion of students at highschools and universities having smartphones was 78.0%. The rate of smartphone addiction among high school students was 49.1% and that among university students was 43.7%. There was 57.3% of high school students had poor sleep quality, and that of university students was 51.6%. There was a statistically significant association between smartphone addiction and sleep disturbances and psychological disstress among participants (p <0.05). Conclusion: The prevalence of smartphone addiction among students at highschools and universities is alarming and is related to sleep disturbances and psychological disstress among participants. There is a strong call to develop intervention to help students to aware and manage the use of smartphone effectively.

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Survey of the effects of internet usage on the happiness of Japanese university students

Health and Quality of Life Outcomes ◽

10.1186/s12955-019-1227-5 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 17 (1) ◽

Cited By ~ 6

Author(s):

Momoko Kitazawa ◽

Michitaka Yoshimura ◽

Hidefumi Hitokoto ◽

Yuka Sato-Fujimoto ◽

Mayu Murata ◽

...

Keyword(s):

University Students ◽

Sleep Quality ◽

Multiple Regression ◽

Internet Use ◽

Poor Sleep ◽

Regression Analyses ◽

Japanese People ◽

Japanese University ◽

The Impact ◽

The Relationship

Abstract Background Besides research on psychiatric diseases related to problematic Internet use (PIU), a growing number of studies focus on the impact of Internet on subjective well-being (SWB). However, in previous studies on the relationship between PIU and SWB, there is little data for Japanese people specifically, and there is a lack of consideration for differences in perception of happiness due to cultural differences. Therefore, we aimed to clarify how happiness is interdependent on PIU measures, with a focus on how the concept of happiness is interpreted among Japanese people, and specifically among Japanese university students. Methods A paper-based survey was conducted with 1258 Japanese university students. Respondents were asked to fill out self-report scales regarding their happiness using the Interdependent Happiness Scale (IHS). The relationship between IHS and Internet use (Japanese version of the Internet addiction test, JIAT), use of social networking services, as well as social function and sleep quality (Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index, PSQI) were sought using multiple regression analyses. Results Based on multiple regression analyses, the following factors related positively to IHS: female gender and the number of Twitter followers. Conversely, the following factors related negatively to IHS: poor sleep, high- PIU, and the number of times the subject skipped a whole day of school. Conclusions It was shown that there was a significant negative correlation between Japanese youths’ happiness and PIU. Since epidemiological research on happiness that reflects the cultural background is still scarce, we believe future studies shall accumulate similar evidence in this regard.

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Qualidade do sono e sonolência diurna em estudantes universitários: prevalência e associação com determinantes sociais

Revista Brasileira de Educação Médica ◽

10.1590/1981-5271v45.2-20200182 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 45 (2) ◽

Author(s):

Mayonara Fabíola Silva Araújo ◽

Xaíze de Fátima de Medeiros Lopes ◽

Carolina Virginia Macedo de Azevedo ◽

Diego de Sousa Dantas ◽

Jane Carla de Souza

Keyword(s):

University Students ◽

Sleep Quality ◽

Excessive Daytime Sleepiness ◽

Daytime Sleepiness ◽

Cross Sectional Study ◽

Determinants Of Health ◽

Poor Sleep ◽

Poor Sleep Quality ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

The University

Abstract: Introduction: Changes in the Sleep/Wake Cycle (SWC) of university students can have consequences on physical, mental and social health. In addition, some behaviors adopted at this stage may be associated with SWC impairment. Objective: Therefore, this study aims to identify which factors of social determinants of health (SDH) are associated with poor sleep quality and excessive daytime sleepiness (EDS) in university students. Method: This is a cross-sectional study that included 298 university students, aged between 18 and 35 years; 73.2% of the students were females and from the countryside of the state of Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil. Data were collected from the following questionnaires: Health and Sleep, Munich Chronotype Questionnaire, Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index and Epworth Sleepiness Scale. To assess the association of SDH with poor sleep quality and excessive daytime sleepiness, Poisson Regression with robust variance was performed. Result: The prevalence of poor sleep quality and excessive daytime sleepiness among the university students was 79.2% and 51.3%, respectively. Between the intermediate determinants of health, a higher prevalence rate of poor sleep quality was observed in students who reported health problems in the previous month (18.4%), smoked (23.5%), drank stimulating beverages close to bedtime (25.8%) and those who used electronic devices before bedtime during the week (18.4%) when compared to those who did not have these behaviors. Regarding excessive daytime sleepiness, students who justified bedtime during the week and wake-up time at the weekend because of the academic demand showed, respectively, 27% and 34% lower prevalence of EDS than the group that did not have these behaviors. Conclusions: The high prevalence of poor sleep quality and EDS observed among university students was associated to biological factors and most of them, behavioral factors.

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Elhízással összefüggő csökkent alvásminőség és nem megfelelő alvásidőtartam két erdélyi roma alcsoportban

Orvosi Hetilap ◽

10.1556/650.2019.31469 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 160 (32) ◽

pp. 1279-1283

Author(s):

Monica Iudita Maria Szabo ◽

Beáta Máté ◽

Attila Frigy

Keyword(s):

Sleep Quality ◽

Sleep Duration ◽

Population Based ◽

Poor Quality ◽

Poor Sleep ◽

Cross Sectional Survey ◽

Short Sleep Duration ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Roma Population ◽

Quality Sleep

Abstract: Introduction: Short sleep duration and poor sleep quality may be associated with weight gain; this association has not yet been studied in Roma (Gipsy) population. Aim: Our aim was to study sleep patterns in two adult Roma subgroups (the wealthy Gabor and the poor Lovari Roma), compared to the majority of Hungarian population, in relation to obesity, knowing that Roma population has specific socio-cultural characteristics, with a rapidly changing lifestyle. Method: A population-based cross-sectional survey was conducted in a rural region in Transylvania, where the above groups are cohabiting. The groups were age- and gender-matched. Results: Sleep duration was 7.18 ± 1.6 hours in the Gabor Roma, 7.67 ± 1.5 hours in the Lovari Roma and 7.37 ± 1.5 hours in the non-Roma group. In average, 70% of them had enough sleep (≥7 hours). 38.6% of Gabor Roma, 27.1% of Lovari Roma and 23.5% of non-Roma had poor-quality sleep (p = 0.05). Gabor Roma had significantly higher body mass index (31.1 ± 4.6 versus 27.4 ± 5.2 and 28.66 ± 5.7 kg/m2, p = 0.004), and this correlated inversely with sleep duration (F = 14.85, p<0.000). Conclusion: Gabor Roma had significantly higher percentage of poor-quality sleep. Sleep duration and sleep quality were linked with obesity, mainly in the Roma population. Orv Hetil. 2019; 160(32): 1279–1283.

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Deficiency Serum Vitamin 25 (OH) D Levels Increase Risk Factors of Poor Quality Sleep in Resident at Sanglah Hospital

International Journal of Research and Review ◽

10.52403/ijrr.20211002 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 8 (10) ◽

pp. 8-13

Author(s):

Cokorda Istri Dyah Sintarani ◽

Desak Ketut Indrasari Utami ◽

Anak Agung Ayu Putri Laksmidewi

Keyword(s):

Risk Factors ◽

Vitamin D ◽

Sleep Quality ◽

Serum Vitamin ◽

Poor Quality ◽

Poor Sleep ◽

Serum Vitamin D ◽

Increased Risk ◽

Increase Risk ◽

Quality Sleep

Introduction/aim: Serum vitamin D level, estimated as 25(OH) D, is related to an increase in number of physiological mechanisms of sleep. The circadian period of the sleep can be deferred with sun exposure and vitamin D supplementation. The mechanism of lower vitamin D level causing sleep disturbances is unknown, several possible mechanisms have been proposed. Receptors of vitamin D are commonly found in most human tissues, including central nervous system. Low level of vitamin D is related with an increased risk of sleep problems, such as low sleep quality, short sleep length and excessive drowsiness. This study aims to Methods: This study is an analytical study with a case-control design in resident st Sanglah Hospital from July-September 2021 Result: A total of 54 subjects were divided into case and control groups, age 25-35 years. From the statistical analysis using SPSS program on bivariate analysis with Chi-square obtained OR 12.6 (95% Confidence Interval=3.4-46.0; p=<0,001). Multivariate analysis showed that cortisol serum had P-value <0,001 Conclusion: Deficiency serum vitamin 25(OH) D levels increase risk factors of poor quality sleep thirteen times in resident at sanglah hospital Keywords: poor sleep quality, resident, vitamin 25 (OH) D, young people.

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Sleep Quality and Emotion Regulation Interact to Predict Anxiety in Veterans with PTSD

Behavioural Neurology ◽

10.1155/2018/7940832 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 2018 ◽

pp. 1-10 ◽

Cited By ~ 5

Author(s):

Janna Mantua ◽

Steven M. Helms ◽

Kris B. Weymann ◽

Vincent F. Capaldi ◽

Miranda M. Lim

Keyword(s):

Emotion Regulation ◽

Sleep Quality ◽

Military Service ◽

Poor Quality ◽

Quality Sleep ◽

History Of ◽

Regulation Strategies ◽

Moderation Model ◽

The Relationship ◽

Good Sleep

Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a debilitating and common consequence of military service. PTSD is associated with increased incidence of mood disturbances (e.g., anxiety). Additionally, veterans with PTSD often have poor-quality sleep and poor emotion regulation ability. We sought to assess whether such sleep and emotion regulation deficits contribute to mood disturbances. In 144 veterans, using a double moderation model, we tested the relationship between PTSD and anxiety and examined whether sleep quality and emotion regulation interact to moderate this relationship. We found that PTSD predicts higher anxiety in veterans with poor and average sleep quality who utilize maladaptive emotion regulation strategies. However, there was no relationship between PTSD and anxiety in individuals with good sleep quality, regardless of emotion regulation. Similarly, there was no relationship between PTSD and anxiety in individuals with better emotion regulation, regardless of sleep quality. Results were unchanged when controlling for history of traumatic brain injury (TBI), despite the fact that those with both PTSD and TBI had the poorest emotion regulation overall. Taken together, these results suggest that good-quality sleep may be protective against poor emotion regulation in veterans with PTSD. Sleep may therefore be a target for therapeutic intervention in veterans with PTSD and heightened anxiety.

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Influence of Sleeping Patterns in Health and Academic Performance Among University Students

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health ◽

10.3390/ijerph17082760 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 17 (8) ◽

pp. 2760

Author(s):

María Dolores Toscano-Hermoso ◽

Félix Arbinaga ◽

Eduardo J. Fernández-Ozcorta ◽

Juan Gómez-Salgado ◽

Carlos Ruiz-Frutos

Keyword(s):

Academic Performance ◽

University Students ◽

Sleep Quality ◽

Sleep Problems ◽

Poor Sleep ◽

Poor Sleep Quality ◽

Ex Post ◽

Small Effect Size ◽

The Relationship

Sleep problems in university students are important and have implications for health, quality of life, and academic performance. Using an ex post facto design, a total sample of 855 students (55.7% women) participated in the study. Sleep assessment was conducted using the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index, the Nightmare Frequency Scale, the Nightmare Proneness Scale, and the Composite Morningness Scale. Women show a higher risk [OR = 2.61] of presenting poor sleep quality (> 5 points on the PSQI) compared with men (p < 0.001). Similarly, women reported a greater frequency of nightmares (p < 0.001, d = 0.60), greater propensity for nightmares (p < 0.001, d = 0.70) and a higher score on Item-5h of the PSQI regarding nightmares (p < 0.001, d = 0.59). Women, compared with men, show higher risk [OR = 2.84] for a sleep disorder related to nightmares (p = 0.012). Women need more time to reach a state of alertness after getting up (p = 0.022), and there was an interaction between sex and the alertness factor when evaluating the subjective quality of sleep (p = 0.030). Women show worse sleep quality and a higher frequency and propensity for suffering nightmares. When considering the relationship between sleep quality and academic performance, it is observed that students with poor sleep quality obtain lower academic scores (M = 7.21, SD = 0.805) than those with good sleep quality (M = 7.32, SD = 0.685), an effect that reaches significance (t = 2.116, p = 0.035). Regarding the relationship between the categorized chronotype and academic performance, students with a morning chronotype achieve better academic results (M = 7.41, SD = 0.89) than their evening counterparts (M = 7.15, SD = 0.76), although these differences have a small effect size (d = 0.31).

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Exploring the relationship of sleep quality with drug use and substance abuse among university students: a cross-cultural study

Middle East Current Psychiatry ◽

10.1186/s43045-020-00072-7 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 27 (1) ◽

Author(s):

Fahmi Hassan Fadhel

Keyword(s):

Substance Abuse ◽

Drug Use ◽

University Students ◽

Sleep Quality ◽

Social Life ◽

Poor Sleep ◽

Quality Of Sleep ◽

Poor Sleep Quality ◽

The Relationship

Abstract Background There is a growing interest in studying the area of drugs and college students due to the negative effects that drugs have on a student’s social life, academics, psychology, finances, and health. So, this study aims to identify the relationship between drug/substance abuse and quality of sleep among university students in Yemen and Saudi Arabia. The sample size was 935 (43.21% N = 404 female, 56.79% N = 531 male, 55.40% N = 518 Yemeni, and 44.60% N = 417 Saudi). Students responded to the Drug Abuse Screening Test (DAST-10), the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI), and the Substance Abuse Questionnaire. Results The results showed a high prevalence of drug use: 43.1% of respondents (27.27% N = 219 Yemenis and 15.83% N = 148 Saudis) abuse drugs, 29.41% were in the low level of drug use, 10.48% were in the moderate level of drug use, 2.46% were in the substantial level of drug, and 0.75% were in the severe level of drug use as per the DAST-10. The differences between both countries in terms of drug use were significant (X2 19.394, P < 0.001). The prevalence rate of inhalants was 16.36% and of sedatives was 12.09%, and the differences between countries were significant. The prevalence of poor sleep quality was 24.81%; a total of 7.91% of respondents had very poor sleep quality, while 16.90% had poor sleep quality. The differences between countries were not significant. The relationship between sleep quality and drug use, smoking, and substance abuse was significant. The quality of sleep decreased consistently with a high level of drug use or substance abuse. Conclusions Poor sleep quality is significantly associated with drug use and substance abuse, and it is important to recognize the factors affecting drug and substance abuse among university students. A significant contribution can make for the protection of university students by guaranteeing that psychological interventions for high-risk groups are planned in advance.

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