scholarly journals Day time sleepiness in medical undergraduates: social media the culprit?

2018 ◽  
Vol 5 (5) ◽  
pp. 1105
Author(s):  
Vijaya Lakshmi ◽  
Manisha Jindal ◽  
Bijli Nanda
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Academic Performance ◽  
Medical Students ◽  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Daytime Sleepiness ◽  
Sleep Disturbances ◽  
First Year ◽  
Media Usage ◽  
Medical Undergraduate ◽  
Medical Undergraduates

Background: Medical undergraduates have been seen to be suffering from sleep disturbances, especially daytime sleepiness. Social Media usage or social networking has also tremendously increased over the past few years in adolescents. It has also increased in the day-to-day lives of medical students. Authors therefore tried to find out the association, if any, between social Media usage and daytime sleepiness in medical undergraduates and whether daytime sleepiness can affect their academic performance. The objective of the present study was to ascertain the association between daytime sleepiness and usage of social media among medical students and to look for any association of daytime sleepiness with academic performance.Methods: A self-administered, questionnaire-based study was conducted on medical undergraduate students to assess social media usage. Epworth sleepiness score was determined. ‘Analysis of variance’ was done to look for any association between (a) social media usage and daytime sleepiness (b) daytime sleepiness and academic performance.Results: The majority of students (77.14%) used social media for 2-5hours per day and whatsapp was the most commonly used medium by them. Highly significant association was observed between the usage of social media and daytime sleepiness among the medical undergraduates. Daytime sleepiness was also significantly related to the academic performance of the participating students.Conclusions: Sleep disturbance particularly daytime sleepiness is significantly associated with the usage of social media among first year medical undergraduates and can significantly affect their academic performance.

scholarly journals Sleep, Sleep Disturbances among Medical Students and their Academic Performance and Health: A Global Issue

2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (4) ◽  
pp. 181
Author(s):  
Mainul Haque ◽  
Zubair Kamal
Keyword(s):  
Academic Performance ◽  
Medical Students ◽  
Sleep Disorders ◽  
Excessive Daytime Sleepiness ◽  
Daytime Sleepiness ◽  
Sleep Disturbances ◽  
Health Sciences ◽  
Sleep Phase ◽  
Global Issue ◽  
Sleep Debt

Sleep disorders, medical students, ICSD-3 classification, advanced sleep phase syndrome, excessive daytime sleepiness, burnout, sleep debt, nonrefreshing sleep, and academic performance.International Journal of Human and Health Sciences Vol. 03 No. 04 October’19 Page : 181-185

scholarly journals Utilization of E-Books among Undergraduate Medical Students at Lahor

2016 ◽  
Vol 17 ◽  
pp. 191-200
Author(s):  
Sadaf Rafiq ◽  
Nosheen Fatima Warraich
Keyword(s):  
Medical Students ◽  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Undergraduate Medical Students ◽  
Government Sector ◽  
Eye Fatigue ◽  
Medical Undergraduate ◽  
Survey Technique ◽  
Medical Undergraduates ◽  
Medical Undergraduate Students

The purpose of this study is to report on a survey that was carried out to access the perception of the academic users, and their awareness about the use of e-books at existing level. The survey also seeks to find out the preferences of the users regarding the format for using books. A quantitative approach which employs a survey technique was used to collect information on e-books utilization habit among medical students. Statistical analyses were carried out on the data using Software Package for Social Sciences (SPSS). This study found that most of the undergraduate students have common habits as they read e-books for academic purpose and still preferred to read text books in print format. The factors; such as easy and round the clock access, non-consumption of energy through physical visit to the library and users friendly features offer a comfortable platform for the students to use the reference e-books. However, unreliable service, eye fatigue, requirement of username and password cause to feel uncomfortable with the service. Moreover, the role of librarian is perceived to be an important remedy for all the inconvenience incurred. Only 119 medical undergraduates participated in the study. Furthermore, these students are enrolled in 5th year MBBS in the oldest government sector medical colleges of Lahore. This study is important in terms of obtaining a better understanding of e-books utilization and to provide a rich insight from academic professional to enhance the e-books collection. This is believed to be the first published study about the utilization of e-books by the medical undergraduate students'.

scholarly journals Perceived effects of social media usage on development of undergraduate students in Punjab, Pakistan

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Muhammad Luqman ◽  
Muhammad B. Zulfiqar ◽  
Muhammad Yaseen ◽  
Tahir M. Butt ◽  
Ayesha Riaz ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Academic Performance ◽  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
Independent Learning ◽  
Income Source ◽  
Media Usage ◽  
Perceived Effects ◽  
Use Of Social Media

This study aimed to assess the impacts of social media gadgets on academic performance of the students. The study was conducted in two randomly selected universities in Punjab, i.e., University of Agriculture Faisalabad and University of Sargodha. The sample size for the study was 200 (100 from each university) purposively selected undergraduate students enrolled in B.Sc. (Hons.) Agriculture. Data was collected through the valid, pre-tested and structured questionnaire and analyzed through SPSS. Descriptive statistics was applied for the meaningful interpretation of the results. The results of the study showed that average age of the respondents was 21.09 years. Of the total respondents, 59.8% belonged to rural areas and 40.5% belonged to urban areas. Less than half (46%) of respondents were small farmers and 13.5% had no land. Most of the respondents (76.3%) were owners of their lands. Farming was the key income source for 58% respondents. Average area under cultivation was perceived 10.61 acres. Regarding use of social media gadgets, 87.5% of respondents had an account on WhatsApp for contacts and information sharing thus WhatsApp was the widely used gadget (x̄=3.42±1.30). Pertaining to use of social media gadgets, improved students’ confidence (x̄=3.28), developing high quality multimedia products such as presentations (x̄=3.27), enhanced opportunity of discussion (x̄=3.26), enforcement and encouragement to independent learning (x̄=3.19) were the leading impacts as perceived by the respondents on their academic performance. This study affirms the overwhelmed effectiveness of social media and urged universities to develop a framework to integrate social media in educational system.

Postprandial Somnolence and its awareness among the Medical Undergraduate Students: A crosssectional study

2021 ◽  
Vol 20 (4) ◽  
pp. 826-832
Author(s):  
Abhishek Chaturvedi ◽  
Anitha Guru ◽  
Naveen Kumar ◽  
Ling Yi Lin ◽  
Daniel YeapTze Wei ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Medical Students ◽  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Pearson Correlation ◽  
Statistical Significance ◽  
Medical Science ◽  
First Year ◽  
Lunch Break ◽  
Medical Undergraduate ◽  
Students First

Introduction: Postprandial somnolence or commonly referred to as food coma is generally experienced after the ingestion of afternoon meals. The performance of an individual gets affected after the ingestion of a heavy meal and this is more pertinent in a college setup where students have to attend a lecture right after the meal. The objective of this study was to assess the awareness of medical students about the factors responsible for postprandial somnolence, to identify the methods used to counteract it and to ascertain lecturers’ perception on responsiveness and participation of the students in a post lunch lecture. Methods: Total 330 students (first year to third year MBBS students) aged between 18-21 years and 40 lecturers teaching first and second year MBBS students were involved in this study. Two separate questionnaires (Part A: students’ perception, and B: lecturers’ perception) were prepared, peer-reviewed, validated and administered to the respective participants. All the responses were compiled and expressed in frequency percentage. Statistical analysis was performed using Statistical Package for Social Sciences, version 15.0 for a level of statistical significance of 5%. Pearson correlation was used to get the association between the variables. Results: About 55.75% students were aware about the role of serotonin and melatonin in drowsiness but 45.75% students did not know that food rich in tryptophan relaxes the brain and results in sleepiness. Students agree that heaviness of their meal might cause drowsiness and indigestion or bloating, which can also result in lethargy and can affect their performance. Majority of the lecturers opined that students disturb the harmony of the class and are less responsive and participative in post lunch break lectures. Conclusion: Thus, the present study provided scope for conducting awareness talks regarding the strategies to counteract postprandial somnolence among medical students which can help improve their concentration during post-lunch lectures. Bangladesh Journal of Medical Science Vol.20(4) 2021 p.826-832

A STUDY ON PREDICTING ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE OF THE FIRST YEAR MEDICAL UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS

2016 ◽  
Vol 4 (4.3) ◽  
pp. 3215-3220
Author(s):  
Vijaya Ramanathan ◽  
◽  
Pananghat A. Kumar ◽  
Anand Ramanathan ◽  
◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Academic Performance ◽  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
First Year ◽  
Medical Undergraduate ◽  
Medical Undergraduate Students

scholarly journals Undergraduate Students’ Perceptions toward Social Media Usage and Academic Performance: A Study from Saudi Arabia

2019 ◽  
Vol 14 (03) ◽  
pp. 61 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mahdi M Alamri
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Saudi Arabia ◽  
Academic Performance ◽  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Study Data ◽  
Media Usage ◽  
Academic Activities ◽  
Education College ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
Media Applications

Social Media applications are recently widespread and popular method of engagement among undergraduate students and instructors in Saudi Arabia. However, the extreme use of these sites has raised concern on their impact on the students’ academic performance and generally learning. This study investigated perceptions of undergraduate students, enrolled in Education College at King Faisal University in Saudi Arabia, toward social media usage. In addition, it examined the relationship of students’ usage purpose as well as usage period with their academic performance (cumulative GPA). This study also sought to establish the most popular applications that students preferred. For the purposes of data collection, questionnaires were distributed and 132 undergraduate students (56 Male & 76 female) enrolled in the current study. Data were analyzed and results indicated that there were general positive perceptions toward using social media for academic purposes. Additionally, results showed that there was a statistical significant relationship between the purpose of social media usage and students’ academic performance in favor of personal purposes while there were no relationship found regarding educational and occupational purposes. Findings also revealed that there were no statistically impact of students’ usage period of social media on academic performance. WhatsApp and Twitter were the most preferred social media options used among students whereas Wiki, Facebook and LinkedIn were the lowest options reported. The findings of this study can be used to recommend the effective ways of incorporating social media into learning activities without affecting students’ performance. It can also be used to propose ways of assisting students maintain a balance between social and academic activities. Implications and recommendations for further research are discussed.

scholarly journals Association of mental and physical health of first year undergraduate students with ABO blood groups in an Indian urban medical college

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (6) ◽  
pp. 2199
Author(s):  
Lalita H. Nikam
Keyword(s):  
Medical Students ◽  
Physical Health ◽  
Blood Group ◽  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Blood Groups ◽  
First Year ◽  
Abo Blood Groups ◽  
Medical Undergraduate ◽  
Stress Levels ◽  
Mental And Physical Health

Background: Medical students tend to have greater stress levels than the general population. Present study aims to explore mental and physical health of first year medical undergraduate students and association with different ABO blood groups.Methods: In this cross-sectional study, 99 first year students were segregated on the basis of ABO blood groups. Mental health was assessed using validated General Health Questionnaire (GHQ-12). For physical health, height and weight of each student were measured and Body Mass Index (BMI) was calculated.Results: Study shows higher prevalence of stress (GHQ-12 scores) of 54.6%. There was no statistically significant association of stress levels (GHQ-12 scores) and BMI with various ABO Blood groups using Pearson Chi Square test. On comparison GHQ-12 scores were highest for O blood group students and BMI values were greater in blood group B and O, but not significant. AB blood group had least GHQ-12 scores and BMI. On correlation of GHQ-12 scores with BMI, there was weak positive correlation.Conclusions: Blood groups have no association with mental and physical health status. Interventions in early phase to reduce stress in medical students will reduce incidence of obesity and related health disorders in future.

Trend of Regular Voluntary Blood Donation and its Associated Factors in Karachi - A Comparative Analysis of Medical and Non-medical Undergraduate Students

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nazish Jaffar
Keyword(s):  
Medical Students ◽  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Blood Donation ◽  
Statistical Significance ◽  
Study Groups ◽  
Medical Group ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Blood Donations ◽  
Medical Undergraduate ◽  
Donated Blood

Background: Regular voluntary unpaid blood donation assures safe blood supply in association with minimum infection transmission. The purpose of this study was to identify the frequency of regular voluntary blood donation and to evaluate the causes of donating blood as well as factors impeding blood donations among the medical and nonmedical students of Karachi. Methods: A comparative cross sectional study was conducted among medical and nonmedical students of JSMU and NED University respectively from May to October 2018. Sample size was 272 including 137 medical and 135 non-medical students. Data was analyzed using SPSS version 22.0. Chi-square test of independence/ Fischer’s exact test were applied to assess statistical significance. Result: In medical group 5/21(23.8%) voluntary regular donors were recorded. In non-medical group, voluntary regular donors were found to be 8/30 (26.6%) (p>0.00). Medical students most commonly 15/21 (71.4%) donated blood voluntarily in a camp while non-medical participants frequently donated blood as replacement donors 13/30 (43.3%) (p>0.00). Major hindering factor for blood donation in both study groups was non-participation in blood donation derives i.e. 66/116 (56.8%) in medical and 53/105 (50.4%) in non-medical groups respectively. Anemia, 20/116 (17.2%) in medical and 15/105 (14.2%) in nonmedical students was the second major cause of not donating blood. Conclusion: The frequency of regular voluntary blood donations is very low among undergraduates. However, comparatively, the trend is slightly higher among non-medical group. The major hindrance in not donating blood was non-participation in blood donating derives.

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