scholarly journals Insomnia among medical students: a cross-sectional study

2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (3) ◽  
pp. 893
Author(s):  
Hassan Abdullah Shakeel ◽  
Hamza Maqsood ◽  
Asher Ishaq ◽  
Basit Ali ◽  
Humza Hussain ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Medical Students ◽  
Signs And Symptoms ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Poor Quality ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Athens Insomnia Scale ◽  
Falling Asleep ◽  
Quality Sleep ◽  
Waking Up ◽  
Socio Demographic Factors

Background: Insomnia, the most common sleep disorder, is the perception or complaint of inadequate or poor-quality sleep because of one or more of the following conditions: difficulty in falling asleep, frequent waking up during the night with difficulty for returning to sleep, waking up too early in the morning, or unrefreshing sleep. It is the most common sleep related complaint reported in the primary care setting. Medical students are specially at risk of developing insomnia and its consequences. This study evaluates the prevalence and severity of insomnia in medical students in relation to certain socio-demographic factors like age, sex and class of education.Methods: A questionnaire based study was done on 135 medical students of Nishtar Medical University, Multan chosen on basis of random sampling to test the prevalence of insomnia using Athens Insomnia Scale (AIS). Out of these students 75 were males and 60 were females. Students were interviewed to obtain information about age, sex and academic year of education.Results: According to Athens insomniac scale scoring, 55 (40.74%) students were found insomniac while 80 (59.25%) were non-insomniac. Out of 55 insomniac students, 23 (41.81%) were males while 32 (58.18%) were females. Likewise, out of 80 non-insomniac students, 52 (65%) were males while 28 (35%) were females. The prevalence of insomnia in medical students was found to be increased with the increasing age. It was found that the females have more insomnia prevalence as well as more severe signs and symptoms of insomnia. Moreover, final year students tend to show more prevalence and severity of insomnia than their juniors.Conclusions: According to this study, 2 out of every 5 students were insomniac. Demographic comparison showed that the prevalence and severity of insomnia was more in females and final year students. Also, it was increasing side by side with increasing age.

scholarly journals Association between mental health screening by self-report questionnaire and insomnia in medical students

2001 ◽  
Vol 59 (2A) ◽  
pp. 180-185 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maria Paz Loayza H. ◽  
Talles S. Ponte ◽  
Clarissa G. Carvalho ◽  
Michell R. Pedrotti ◽  
Paula V. Nunes ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Medical Students ◽  
Psychiatric Disorder ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Self Report ◽  
Sleep Difficulty ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Falling Asleep ◽  
High Prevalence ◽  
Waking Up ◽  
Main Association

Epidemiological research points to the high prevalence of psychiatric disorders among insomniacs. We carried out a cross-sectional study with medical students with the aim of evaluating the association between insomnia and suspicion of psychiatric disorder; 302 medical students were included (184 males and 118 females; mean age = 20.47±1.89 years). The main association was tested by logistic regression analysis. The overall prevalence of positivity in a screening test for psychiatric disorder was 22.19%; and of insomnia, 28.15%. Difficulty initiating sleep (OR=3.45), difficulty maintaining sleep (OR=7.61), falling asleep later (OR=1.99) and waking up earlier (OR=1.91) were associated with suspicion of psychiatric disorder. As a group, the variables difficulty initiating sleep, difficulty maintaining sleep, falling asleep after 11 pm, and waking up before 6 am presented an odds ratio of 5.96 for positivity in the screening for psychiatric disorder. Furthermore, difficulty maintaining sleep (OR=2.24) was associated with "being female," and falling asleep later (OR=0.43) was associated with "being male". These results underscore the importance of determining in what cases difficulty sleeping may have severe clinical repercussions or affect performance.

scholarly journals A study on nomophobia and its correlation with sleeping difficulty and anxiety among medical students in a medical college, Telangana

2019 ◽  
Vol 6 (5) ◽  
pp. 2074 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nagapraveen Veerapu ◽  
Ravi Kumar Baer Philip ◽  
Hanisha Vasireddy ◽  
Sowmya Gurrala ◽  
Swathi Tapaswi Kanna
Keyword(s):  
Medical Students ◽  
Mobile Phone ◽  
Mobile Phones ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Psychological Problems ◽  
Human Interaction ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
General Anxiety Disorder ◽  
General Anxiety ◽  
Athens Insomnia Scale

Background: Social media and digital communication have become a part of life. Many things were made easy through online connectivity. The mobile phones not only connects people at anytime, anywhere and with anybody, but also movable and portable. Mobile phones when used extensively may cause a number of physical and psychological problems. Nomophobia (NO-MObile phone-PHOBIA) is one of the psychological problems related to exclusive use of mobile phone. It is the fear/anxiety of being away from mobile phone contact. The objectives are to study grading of nomophobia and to find out any correlation exits between nomophobia and sleeping difficulty and anxiety among medical students.Methods: A cross sectional study is conducted for duration of 6 months among medical students using semi-structured questionnaire. Nomophobia questionnaire (NMP-Q) is used to assess nomophobia, Athens insomnia scale is used to assess sleeping difficulty and general anxiety disorder- 7 Item scale is used to assess general anxiety.Results: The study showed that out of 364 students, 62 (17%) have mild, 234 (64.3%) have moderate and 68 (18.7%) have severe nomophobia. There is a weak positive correlation between nomophobia and sleeping difficult and anxiety.Conclusions: There problem of nomophobia is alarming; there is a need to reduce nomophobia, and to evolve effective strategies to enhance human interaction.

scholarly journals Do the undergraduate medical students perceive stress and what are the stressors?

2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (3) ◽  
pp. 877
Author(s):  
Kevin A. John ◽  
Poonam R. Naik
Keyword(s):  
Medical Students ◽  
Perceived Stress ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Poor Quality ◽  
Undergraduate Medical Students ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Medical College ◽  
Academic Fields ◽  
Study Results ◽  
Study Participants

Background: Medical students have been reported to suffer from higher perceived stress compared to general population and students in the other academic fields. The objective of the study was to estimate the prevalence of stress and to identify the potential stressors among undergraduate medical students using perceived stress scale (PSS).Methods: A cross sectional study was conducted among 301 undergraduate medical students at a private medical college in Dakshina Kannada district, Karnataka. The extent of the stress was assessed using PSS-10 and a questionnaire was used to identify the potential academic, psychosocial and environmental stressors.Results: The mean PSS score was found to be 26.34±3 in this study. Moderate stress was observed in 68% of the study participants. The PSS score was higher among the 2nd year MBBS students. Stress was observed more among female medical students (74%). Inadequate study leave (92.4%), vastness of academic curriculum (84.1%), poor quality of food in mess or home (70.4%), accommodation away from home (60.1%) and high parental expectations (48.5%) were found to be the potential stressors in this study.Conclusions: The study results thereby highlight the need to plan tailored interventions to address the various stressors and prevent stress among the medical students. 

scholarly journals Iraqi medical students are still planning to leave after graduation

2018 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 23-28
Author(s):  
Mustafa Ali Mustafa Al-Samarrai ◽  
Saad Ahmed Ali Jadoo
Keyword(s):  
Medical Students ◽  
Home Country ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Work Related ◽  
Socio Demographic Factors ◽  
High Level ◽  
The University ◽  
Self Administered Questionnaire

Background: Medical students constitute the backbone of the future human resource for health, and therefore, as much as attention should be given to secure a high level of education, it should also be given to understand their wishes to leave or to stay at home country. This study aimed to find out the prominent factors associated with Iraqi medical students' planning to leave their country after graduation. Methods: A descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted among clinical medical students (fourth, fifth, and sixth classes) of two medical colleges (the University of Anbar and University of Fallujah) in Anbar Governorate from 1st to 14th March 2018. A total of 183 students (Response Rate: 72,6%.) completed a self-administered questionnaire consisting of 15 close-ended questions related to the socio-demographic factors, economic characteristics, and some other factors inspired from Iraq's situation. Moreover, one open-ended question was designed to explore the main reasons for migration from the student's point of view. Results: Although 109 students (60%) felt that serving their citizens and country is a priority, however, the vast majority of 133 (73%) of the surveyed students had a plan to leave Iraq. About two thirds (69 %) of students intended to migrate as soon as they manage to: obtain their graduation certificate (49%); have enough money (34%), and the remaining 18% when they get parents’ permission. Conclusion: Our results suggest that living environments and work-related variables are significantly associated with medical students' intention of migration; however, social reasons and inspiring academic achievement were the main factors triggering students to leave Iraq.

scholarly journals Social anxiety disorder in medical students: socio-demographic correlates

2017 ◽  
Vol 4 (9) ◽  
pp. 3293 ◽  
Author(s):  
Amit J. Jogdande ◽  
Anurag Gupta
Keyword(s):  
Anxiety Disorder ◽  
Medical Students ◽  
Social Anxiety ◽  
Social Anxiety Disorder ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
The Social ◽  
Demographic Correlates ◽  
Study Association ◽  
Socio Demographic Factors

Background: The aims and objectives were to find types of social anxiety disorders among MBBS students; to study association of socio demographic factors and social anxiety disorder among MBBS students. Methods: This cross sectional study was conducted on 150 medical students of 2nd and 3rd year who were willing to participate. Students were asked to fill pretested structured pro-forma, maintaining all the privacy. The social phobia inventory (SPIN) questionnaire was used to diagnose SAD. Mild social anxiety is considered as normal. Analysis was done using the SPSS Version 20. Results: Out of 150 medical students, mostly (54%) were not having SAD and 46% of students who were having SAD. 27% of students were having mild SAD and 19% of students were having significant SAD. Mild social anxiety is considered as normal. Factors as gender, score in 10th standard, score in 12th standard, mother’s education, student’s residence after age of 18 years, student’s either of parents are dead or alive, were found to be significantly associated with SAD. After applying multiple logistic regression it was found that Gender (female), <75% in 10thStd, <75% in 12thStd and Mothers education <12th standard were found to be significantly associated with SAD in students. Conclusions: Out of 150 medical students, 19% of students were having significant SAD. Gender (female), <75% in 10thStd, <75% in 12thStd and Mothers education <12th standard were found to be significantly associated with SAD in students. 

scholarly journals Difficulties Faced by the Undergraduate Medical Students in Relation to Institution and Hostel Campus: Views of Selected Medical Colleges of Bangladesh

2019 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 23-25
Author(s):  
Farhana Haque ◽  
Md Humayun Kabir Talukder ◽  
Kazi Khairul Alam ◽  
Sadia Jabeen Khan ◽  
Md Rezaul Karim
Keyword(s):  
Medical Students ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Poor Quality ◽  
Undergraduate Medical Students ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Sustainable Solutions ◽  
Depth Interviews ◽  
Medical Teachers ◽  
Medical Colleges

This study set out to identify the institutional difficulties encountered by the undergraduate medical students of Bangladesh. This was a descriptive type of cross sectional study, conducted from July 2017 to June 2018. The population of the study consisted of undergraduate medical students and medical teachers of 8 medical colleges of Bangladesh including both government and non-government which were located in Dhaka and outside of the Dhaka. Medical colleges and medical teachers were selected purposively and students were selected by the convenience sampling technique. The questionnaire using five points Likert scale were administered on 1059 medical students and in-depth interviews were conducted with 13 medical teachers. The study revealed that most of the students faced institutional related difficulties, particularly cleanliness of campus 480 (45.6%), unclean toilet 762 (72%), poor quality canteen 663 (63%), poor games facilities 792 (75%), insufficient hostel accommodation 669 (65.2%), unclean hostel 652 (63.5%), insufficient recreation facilities in hostel 702 (68.5%) and irregular hostel supervision by the authority 590 (57.6%). Based on the study, it was suggested that concerned authority should consider the findings and should take some significant steps for sustainable solutions to the difficulties of the students. Bangladesh Journal of Medical Education Vol.10(2) 2019: 23-25

scholarly journals Evaluation of Factors Affecting Enuresis in 6- to 12-Year-Old Children Referred to the Pediatric Nephrology Clinic

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (01) ◽  
pp. e83-e88
Author(s):  
Anoush Azarfar ◽  
Alireza Ghodsi ◽  
Farnoosh Faravani ◽  
Sara Ghahremani
Keyword(s):  
Family Income ◽  
Pediatric Nephrology ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Family Problems ◽  
Falling Asleep ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
History Of ◽  
Waking Up ◽  
Tract Infections

AbstractEnuresis is one of the most common disorders in children, and if left untreated can cause anxiety, low self-esteem, and family problems. The aim of this study was to investigate the factors associated with enuresis to provide recommendations for more efficient prevention and treatment. A cross-sectional study was performed on children aged 6 to 12 years with enuresis, referred to the pediatric clinic between April 2017 and April 2018. Children were divided into two groups: monosymptomatic enuresis and healthy subjects. Then, a questionnaire was completed by their parents to assess the factors related to enuresis. The data were analyzed using SPSS software. In this study, out of 140 children with an average age of 8.22 ± 2.01 years, 77 cases (55%) had enuresis, of which 57 (40.7%) had primary enuresis, and 20 cases (14.3%) had secondary enuresis. There was a significant difference between the control and the case groups in terms of: father's education, family income, family history, number of people sleeping in the room, family problems, problems at school, history of urinary tract infections, history of pinworms, difficulty falling asleep, difficulty in waking up, feeling tired after waking up, and drowsiness during the day. Enuresis is associated with several physiological, psychological, and genetic factors. Controlling these factors requires paying attention to the elements such as the mental health of the family and child's sleep health through education, family awareness, and counseling.

scholarly journals Level of Stress and Its Association with Socio-Demographic Factors among Medical Students of Rawalpindi Medical College

2016 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Dr. M. Kashif ◽  
Madiha Fatima ◽  
Badur-un-Nisa ◽  
Dr. Shazia Hassan ◽  
Irsa Ghazal ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Medical Students ◽  
Life Stress ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Female Students ◽  
Male Students ◽  
Chi Square ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Medical College ◽  
Chi Square Test ◽  
Socio Demographic Factors

Stress among medical students is a common experience. This cross-sectional study was conducted at Rawalpindi Medical College, Pakistan in 2015 to determine level of stress of students. To a sample of 292 students, semi-structured Performa along with Student-Life-Stress-Inventory scale was applied. Data was analyzed using independent sample t-test and Pearson’s chi square test at 5 % level of significance. 25%, 52.7%, 22.3% students were mildly, moderately and severely stressed respectively. Statistically significant gender differences were observed in three domains of scale. In most of subscales the scores attained by male students were higher as compared to female students. Moderate stress being most commonly prevalent and was more common in female students as compared to male students.

scholarly journals Stress and Depressive Symptoms among Undergraduate Medical Students of Different Professional Years at a Medical College in Northern India- A Cross-sectional Study

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Abhinav Pandey ◽  
Achyut Kumar Pandey ◽  
Pankaj Sureka ◽  
Amit Singh ◽  
Sanjay Gupta
Keyword(s):  
Depressive Symptoms ◽  
Medical Students ◽  
Rating Scale ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Poor Quality ◽  
Medical Institute ◽  
Sectional Study ◽  
Undergraduate Medical Students ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Northern India

Introduction: Medical students are exposed to tremendous pressure, leading to stress, depression and other psychiatric disorder at increasingly higher rates. The stress and depression can affect their learning and can lead to poor quality of life. The students of different professional year may have differing reasons for being under stress and in depression. Assessing stress and depression in students of different professional years may provide better insights, and help policy makers plan appropriate interventions. Aim: To measure and compare the prevalence and severity of stress, various aspects of life affected by stress and depressive symptoms among medical students of various professional years. Materials and Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted from February 2018 to January 2019; on 150 undergraduate medical students (50 each from 1st, 2nd and 3rd professional year) of a medical institute in Northern part of India. Mini International Neuropsychiatric Interview (MINI version 5) was used to screen for depression, Student’s Stress Dimension Questionnaire (SSDQ) was used to assess for stress prevalence and severity and to find the various aspects of life affected by stress and Hamilton Depression Rating Scale (HAM-D) was used to measure the severity of depressive symptoms. Chi-square test and one-way Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) was used to make the group comparisons. Results: Overall stress and depressive symptoms were present in 66.67% and 52% of the participants, respectively. The three groups also differed significantly in the total score of SSDQ (H=13.664, p<0.05) and HAM-D (H=11.352, p<0.05) with first professional year students having higher scores than second and third professional year students. Domain wise comparison of SSDQ also showed higher prevalence and severity of impaired domains in first professional year students. Conclusion: Special care must be taken of the medical students. Interventions addressing stress and depression should be initiated from first professional year students itself.

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