Sleep Disorder prevalence among students of Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences

Hatam Boostani 1, 

ABSTRACT

Background:Since humans spend a third of your life sleeping more than 30 people suffer from sleep disorders ،it can be said sleep disorder is a major psychiatric problems (2) . Medical students due to pressure of psychological stress are more susceptiple to sleep disorders . This could be the effect on their performance . So in this study , the prevalence of sleep diorders in medical students of Ahvaz university and the relationship between living habits of some demographic factors were examined . Method: A cross sectional study ،Over 150 students at the medical students of ±sampling was conducated And a sleep questionnaire and were assessed daily habits . Collecting data using descriptive statistics and spearman correlation coeffiicients were analyzed . Results: 110 students with average 25±1.67 years participated in the study. That 58 persons ( 52.7 % ) Stager and 52 persons (47.3%) Intern were. 22(20%) of them have good sleep quality and 88 (80%) had poor sleep quality . In this study ,the sleep quality of subjects and factors such as age ،gender ،grand ،martial status ،smoking ،Drinking coffee during the day ،Drinking coffee during the night ،Working and studying ،night working and housing there were no significant relationship (P >0.01) . Conclusion: The study showed that sleep disorders are common among Interns and Stagers. But statistically significant relationship between sleep disorders and demographic factors and lifestyle habits dont exist.

Keywords: Sleep quality ,Medical students ,Sleep disorder