scholarly journals Sleep Quality of the College Students Based on Their Nutrition and Internet Usage: A Web-based Cross-sectional Study

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fatemeh Sharafi ◽  
Azadeh Lesani ◽  
Maryam Javadi
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Health Status ◽  
Sleep Quality ◽  
Significant Relationship ◽  
Pearson Correlation ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Web Based ◽  
The Mean

Background: Excessive utilization of electronic media may affect the individuals' health and quality of sleep. This study aimed to investigate sleep quality of the college students based on their diets and duration of time spent on the internet. Methods: In this cross-sectional web-based study, 385 students were selected randomly from the Qazvin University. Data was collected by a self-administered online questionnaire designed in Google-drive. The questionnaire included demographic information, Petersburg sleep quality, duration of time spent on the internet, food habit, health status, physical activity, and anthropometric characteristics. A total of 229 students filled out the questionnaire completely. To analyze the data, SPSS version 22 was used. Paired t-test, ANOVA, ANCOVA, and Pearson correlation coefficient were applied for statistical analyses. Results: The mean time spent on the internet was 28.83 ± 20.89 hours/week, which showed a significant relationship with the students' health status (P = 0.005), sleep quality score (P = 0.048), components of sleep quality (P = 0.029), and sleep disorder (P = 0.01). The mean score of Petersburg sleep quality index demonstrated a significant relationship with marital status (P = 0.029), Body mass index (P = 0.008), as well as consumption of some food groups like fruits, sausage and salami, and canned foods (P = 0.048, 0.05, 0.01). Conclusions: Students who used the internet a lot had poor-quality sleep and unhealthy food choices. This was a reciprocal relation. Consequently, a healthier life style and minimum duration of time on the Internet can lead to physical health and better quality asleep.

scholarly journals A cross-sectional study for the mental health status and sleep quality among college students in Macao during the COVID-19 pandemic

PeerJ ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 9 ◽  
pp. e12520
Author(s):  
Xiaoyu Tao ◽  
Dong Chen ◽  
Yawen Fan ◽  
Lanxin Zhang ◽  
Houqian Shan ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
College Students ◽  
Health Status ◽  
Sleep Quality ◽  
Health Condition ◽  
Mental Health Status ◽  
Mental Health Condition ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Sleeping Pills

Objectives The main focus of this study was to investigate the effect of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic on the mental health condition and sleep quality of college students in Macao. In addition, the students’ behaviours during the pandemic, such as drinking alcohol, taking sleeping pills, and seeking psychological counselling were analyzed. Method A cross-sectional survey of mental health and sleep quality status, as well as the possible behavioral risk factors, was conducted among the college students of Macao in August, 2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic. An online self-report questionnaire survey method was applied to assess the general demographics and related lifestyle behaviors of students. The general mental health condition and sleep quality were evaluated through the General Health Questionnaire (GHQ-12) and Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI) questionnaires, respectively. The main statistical methods included the Chi-square test, Bonferroni correction, and Pearson correlation. Data analysis was performed using SPSS Version 24.0. Results A total of 980 students were investigated in the study, of which 977 completed the survey. During the COVID-19 pandemic period, overall college students in Macao were psychologically well adjusted and reported good quality of sleep. However, female students were in poorer psychological condition than males (P < 0.05). Moreover, the students over 20 years of age had poorer sleep quality than students aged less than or equal to 20 (P < 0.05). The significant differences were found among the students in different study majors for the mental health status and sleep quality (both P < 0.05), which were associated with certain behaviors, such as drinking alcohol, taking sleeping pills, and seeking for help in psychological counselling during the COVID-19 pandemic period. Conclusions Poor mental health status could be either the consequence or cause of sleep disturbance, which might further affected physical health. Therefore, regular assessment of mental health condition and sleep quality of college students is particularly necessary during public health emergencies, such as the COVID-19 pandemic, and appropriate intervention should be provided to the students.

scholarly journals PENENTUAN KADAR LIPOPROTEIN RAPATAN TINGGI (HIGH DENSITY) DENGAN DUA PEREAKSI (REAGEN) BERBEDA MENGGUNAKAN HITACHI 902

2018 ◽  
Vol 15 (2) ◽  
pp. 46
Author(s):  
I. Hutagalung ◽  
Mansyur Arif
Keyword(s):  
High Density Lipoprotein ◽  
Pearson Correlation ◽  
Density Lipoprotein ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
High Density ◽  
Sectional Study ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Laboratory Results ◽  
The Mean

Reagent selection is one of the factors that could influence the quality of laboratory results. The use of open system tools gives thepossibility to choose the best reagents, including the reagent for high density lipoprotein (HDL) determination. The aim of this studywas to compare HDL level determination using two different reagents measured by Hitachi 902. A cross sectional study was done fromJanuary to February 2007 in Ratulangi Medical Centre Laboratory, Makassar. From 47 samples we found that the mean HDL levelusing Daichi reagent was 50.47 mg/dl ranging from 45.99 mg/dl to 54.94 mg/dl and the mean using Roche reagent was 56.23 mg/dlranging from 50.93 mg/dl to 61.53 mg/dl with p = 0.098, and Pearson Correlation was 0.900 with p = 0.000. There was no significantdifference between HDL level measured by Hitachi 902 using Daichi and Roche reagents.

scholarly journals Correlation Between Stigma and Quality of Life in Leprosy Patients in Mehrab Khan Region of Mashhad

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zahra Safavi Bayat ◽  
Wim Van Brakel ◽  
Hamideh Ebrahimi ◽  
Nadere Naderi Ravesh ◽  
Nezhat Shakeri ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Pearson Correlation ◽  
Inverse Correlation ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Social Dimension ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Psychological Dimension ◽  
The Mean ◽  
The Difference

Leprosy is one of the oldest chronic diseases, and similar to other infectious diseases, it causes long-term physical and social effects on the lives of patients and their families. This was a cross-sectional study conducted with 103 patients with leprosy in Mashhad in the Mehrab Khan region in March 2016. The sampling method was convenience sampling. The data was analyzed using SPSS version 19. Descriptive statistics (frequency, percentage, mean and standard deviation) and inferential tests (ANOVA, Pearson correlation, and independent t-test) were used. The results showed that the mean age of patients was 65.2±8.1 years and the mean age of developing leprosy was 15.3±7.03. There was an inverse correlation between the score of overall stigma, internal stigma, and all dimensions of quality of life that was statistically significant, except for the social dimension (r= -0.181…; P=0.067). There was an inverse correlation between the psychological dimension of quality of life and experienced stigma. The highest score of the overall quality of life was related to divorced patients with a mean score of 79.7, which was statistically significant (P=0.016) from those who were not divorced. In post-hoc test, just the difference between widow and divorced were significant regarding quality of life. According to results, there was a negative correlation between the quality of life and all aspects of stigma using the SARI tool.

scholarly journals The relationship between Fear of Hypoglycemia and Sleep Quality among type II Diabetic Patients

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Leili Yekefallah ◽  
Farzaneh Talebi ◽  
Ali Razaghpoor ◽  
Mohammmad Hossein Mafi
Keyword(s):  
Sleep Quality ◽  
Significant Relationship ◽  
Diabetic Patients ◽  
Poor Sleep ◽  
Type Ii ◽  
Poor Sleep Quality ◽  
Fear Of Hypoglycemia ◽  
The Mean ◽  
The Relationship

Abstract Introduction and Objective Fear of hypoglycemia can result in anxiety, stress, anger, depression and severe avoidance behaviors that it affects the sleep quality of diabetic patients. Therefore, the present study was conducted with the aim of investigating the relationship between fear of hypoglycemia and sleep quality among type II diabetic patients. Methods The present cross-sectional study was conducted on 400 type II diabetic patients referred to endocrinology clinic of Velayat Hospital and Boali Hospital in Qazvin, in 2018. Data were collected using a checklist for demographic variables, the Fear of Hypoglycemia Survey (FHS-W), and the Pittsburgh sleep quality index (PSQI). Descriptive statistics and Spearman correlation test were performed for data analysis using SPSS v24. Results In this study, the mean age of diabetic patients was 55.75±10.31. The majority of the participants were female (n=299, 74.8%) and were treated with oral anti-diabetic drugs (n=174, 43.5%). The mean score of sleep quality in patients was 8.98±3.64 and the fear of hypoglycemia was 21.27±11.92. The results of this study showed that there was a significant relationship between the fear of hypoglycemia and the poor sleep quality among patients (p<0.001, r=0.305). Conclusion The fear of hypoglycemia has a direct and significant relationship with poor sleep quality in diabetic patients; so that this fear reduces the quality of sleep in diabetic patients. Therefore, in order to provide adequate sleep to prevent inappropriate sleep complications, great attention should be paid to the issue of fear of hypoglycemia, and consider some actions to reduce this fear.

scholarly journals Sleep quality during home distancing in the COVID-19 pandemic in the Western Amazon

2021 ◽  
Vol 31 (3) ◽  
pp. 458-464
Author(s):  
Carlos Roberto Teixeira Ferreira ◽  
Francisco Naildo Cardoso Leitão ◽  
Maura Bianca Barbary de Deus ◽  
Italla Maria Pinheiro Bezerra ◽  
Rejane Rosas Barbary de Deus ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Sleep Quality ◽  
Poor Sleep ◽  
Quality Of Sleep ◽  
Subjective Sleep Quality ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Web Based ◽  
Demographic Questionnaire ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Quality Sleep

Introduction: the COVID-19 pandemic incited unprecedented global restrictions on society’s behavior. Home detachment and isolation measures applied during the COVID-19 pandemic can result in problems with sleep quality. It is an important measure to reduce the risk of infection from the COVID-19 outbreak. Objective: to investigate the existence of a difference between the quality of sleep before and during the home distance imposed by the Covid-19 pandemic. Methods: cross-sectional web-based survey was sent using different conventional social media to collect data from the study population. The evaluated group was composed of 124 subjects, 57 of whom were male and 67 were female from the city of Rio Branco / AC. For this study, the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index questionnaire (PSQI-BR) and a socio-demographic questionnaire were used. The volunteers received a link along with the description and purpose of the study. Finally, data analysis was performed using SPSS 22.0 software. Results: sleep quality worsened significantly during home distance in four sleep components (subjective sleep quality, sleep latency, sleep drowsiness and overall PSQI score). During social distance, poor sleep was greater among respondents (OR = 5.68; 95% CI = 1.80–17.82; p = 0.70). Conclusion: the results indicated that there was a significant difference between the quality of sleep before and during home detachment and sleep disturbance and the subjective quality of sleep before and during the period of the outbreak of COVID-19 were the components that most worsened in the state of sleep

scholarly journals The correlation between health status and quality of life in southern Brazil

2008 ◽  
Vol 126 (5) ◽  
pp. 257-261 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carlos Zubaran ◽  
Karina Persch ◽  
Desire Tarso ◽  
Ana Ioppi ◽  
Juan Mezzich
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Health Status ◽  
Pearson Correlation ◽  
Linear Regression Analysis ◽  
Correlation Coefficients ◽  
Healthcare Services ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Health Related

CONTEXT AND OBJECTIVE: The interconnections between quality of life and health status as assessed via questionnaires have not been thoroughly investigated. The objective of this study was to investigate a possible correlation between the constructs of general health status and quality of life as assessed by the Portuguese versions of two questionnaires recently adapted and tested in Brazil. DESIGN AND SETTING: This was a cross-sectional study in which two self-administered questionnaires were used. This investigation was conducted at healthcare services associated with the Universidade de Caxias do Sul, Brazil. METHODS: This study presents data from a sample of 120 volunteers who completed the Portuguese versions of the Personal Health Scale and the Multicultural Quality of Life Index questionnaires. Bivariate linear regression analysis and Pearson correlation coefficients were generated from the scores of the two questionnaires. RESULTS: A significant correlation between the concepts of quality of life and health status as evaluated by the Portuguese versions of both questionnaires was observed. Almost all of the health-related questions displayed strong correlations with the overall concept of quality of life. The magnitude of this correlation accounted for almost half of the observed variance. CONCLUSIONS: These findings indicate that, within this sample, health-related issues were key factors for the overall experience of wellbeing and quality of life. The similarities observed across the different groups indicate that the interrelation between health status and quality of life was homogenous, regardless of presence and/or type of ailments.

scholarly journals The use of the computerized version of quality of life and health status questionnaires in a community sample in southern Brazil

2011 ◽  
Vol 129 (1) ◽  
pp. 36-40 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carlos Zubaran ◽  
Ivanor Tres
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Health Status ◽  
Data Collection ◽  
Pearson Correlation ◽  
Community Sample ◽  
Correlation Coefficients ◽  
Southern Brazil ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Study Results

CONTEXT AND OBJECTIVE: Computerized data collection is an efficient process and well accepted by patients with different disorders. Although computer-based systems have been used to assess health status and quality of life in various areas of healthcare, there is a lack of studies to investigate the effectiveness of these instruments in Brazil. The aims here were to assess the usability of the Portuguese-language versions of the Personal Health Scale (PHS) and the Multicultural Quality of Life Index (MQLI) in southern Brazil and to determine the correlation between these two questionnaires. DESIGN AND SETTING: This was a cross-sectional community-based survey in which participants completed computerized versions of these two questionnaires. METHODS: In a survey conducted in 16 different locations, 458 volunteers completed both questionnaires. Pearson correlation coefficients were generated between the scores of the two questionnaires. The inclusion criteria allowed all volunteers who were able to understand the questions in both questionnaires to participate in the study. RESULTS: The percentage of proper data collection via the computerized versions of the two questionnaires combined was 97.45%. A significant correlation (P < 0.01) between the PHS and the MQLI was observed. CONCLUSION: The computerized versions of the PHS and MQLI demonstrated efficient data collection patterns during the field survey trials. Health-related issues were significantly correlated with the overall experience of wellbeing and quality of life. The computerized versions of the PHS and MQLI are valid tools for research and clinical use in Brazil

scholarly journals Health status, resilience and quality of life of first and fourth year nursing students

2019 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
Rodrigo Marques da Silva ◽  
Ana Lucia Siqueira Costa ◽  
Fernanda Carneiro Mussi ◽  
Fernanda Michelle Santos e Silva ◽  
Keila Cristina Félis ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Nursing Education ◽  
Depressive Symptoms ◽  
Health Status ◽  
Nursing Students ◽  
Sleep Quality ◽  
Depression Scale ◽  
Poor Sleep ◽  
Cross Sectional

Objective: To compare the health status (stress, depressive symptoms and sleep quality), the resilience and quality of life in first and fourth year nursing students.Methods: This is a cross-sectional research conducted in 2016 with 86 students enrolled in first and fourth years of the nursing degree. We applied the instrument for Assessment of Stress in Nursing Students, the Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale, Pittsburg Sleep Quality Index, Wagnild and Young’s Resilience Scale; and the WHOQOL-BREF. ANOVA (Test F) was applied for data analysis.Results and conclusions: A total of 49 first-year and 37 fourth-year students were sampled for this study. Fourth- year nursing students showed higher levels of stress, lower intensity of depressive symptoms and higher quality of life and resilience levels. The poor sleep quality was prevalent in both groups. Conclusion: although the nursing education potentially contributes for students’ sickness, the experiences lived in this period may strength the resilience skills.Conclusions: Video indexing and retrieval are accomplished by using hashing and $k$-d tree methods, while visual signatures containing color, shape and texture information are estimated for the key-frames, by using image and frequency domain techniques. Experimental results with the dataset of a multimedia information system especially developed for managing television broadcast archives demonstrate that our approach works efficiently, retrieving videos in 0.16 seconds on average and achieving recall, precision and F1 measure values, as high as 0.76, 0.97 and 0.86 respectively.

scholarly journals Assessment of Sleep Quality among Medical Doctors in a Tertiary Hospital in a Semi-Rural Setting

2018 ◽  
Vol 09 (04) ◽  
pp. 535-540
Author(s):  
Ibrahim Aliyu ◽  
Ismail Inuwa Mohammed ◽  
Taslim O. Lawal ◽  
Mustapha Gudaji ◽  
Nuhu Garba ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Sleep Quality ◽  
Daytime Sleepiness ◽  
Sampling Method ◽  
Tertiary Hospital ◽  
Rural Setting ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Exact Test ◽  
Work Hour ◽  
The Mean

ABSTRACT Introduction: Sleep is an integral part of human physiology; therefore, disorders of sleep may result in significant derangement in human functionality. Sleep medicine has received little attention in Nigeria. Against this backdrop, this survey seeks to evaluate the quality of sleep among doctors. Methodology: This was a cross-sectional descriptive study involving 59 doctors working with Federal Medical Centre Birnin Kebbi, Kebbi State, Nigeria; it was done between August 2017 and December 2017. Purposive sampling method was adopted. The Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI) and the Epworth Sleepiness Scale (ESS) were adopted. The questionnaire was self-administered. Results: There were 34 (57.6%) males and 25 (42.4%) females. Their age ranged from 20 to 66 years, with a mean of 34.39 ± 8.00. The Epworth score ranged from 8 to 29, with a mean of 16.1 ± 4.4, while the PSQI score ranged from 5 to 19, with a mean of 9.5 ± 2.7. The mean work hour per week was 90.3 ± 36.2 h, and majority of the respondents worked for >80 h and or >24 h consecutively in the preceding week, and most had high ESS scores; however, this observation was not statistically significant (Fisher's exact test = 4.0904, P = 0.213). All respondents were poor sleepers and majority sleep for <7 h in the night. Respondents had worked for 5 years and less; house officers and medical offers had more tendencies for daytime sleepiness. Conclusion: All respondents were poor sleepers and also had prolonged work hours per week; there was also heightened daytime sleepiness.

scholarly journals Investigation of the Relationship between Psychological Variables and Sleep Quality in Students of Medical Sciences

2017 ◽  
Vol 2017 ◽  
pp. 1-6 ◽  
Author(s):  
Majid Najafi Kalyani ◽  
Nahid Jamshidi ◽  
Javad Salami ◽  
Elahe Pourjam
Keyword(s):  
Sleep Quality ◽  
Significant Relationship ◽  
High Stress ◽  
Anxiety And Depression ◽  
Medical Sciences ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Psychological Variables ◽  
Stress Levels ◽  
The Relationship

Objectives. Students of medical sciences are exposed to many emotional and mental problems. In light of the importance of sleep quality in learning and liveliness, this study was conducted to examine the relationship between psychological variables (stress, anxiety, and depression) and sleep quality of students. Design. This research is a cross-sectional analytical study, where all students studying at Fasa University of Medical Sciences in 2012-2013 year were selected. To examine the students’ stress, anxiety, and depression values, the standardized 21-item DASS-21 was used, and to examine their sleep quality, Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI) was used. Results. The results of the study demonstrated that 73% of the students have moderate and severe stress, and 46.4% of them have PSQ scores ≥ 5. The students’ mean sleep quality score was 4.65±2.37, and their stress score was 8.09±5.14. A statistically significant relationship was found between the students’ stress levels and sleep quality (P<0.001). Conclusion. The high stress levels decrease students’ sleep quality. High stress levels and also the significant relationship between stress value and decrease in students’ sleep quality call for more attention to and care for students’ emotional and mental issues and timely proper interference on the part of authorities.

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