In:
Indian Journal of Public Health Research & Development, Institute of Medico-legal Publications Private Limited, Vol. 14, No. 2 ( 2023-03-15), p. 282-288
Abstract:
Background: Sleep is an active, repetitive and reversible state of perceptual disengagement from the environment.A chronic lack or poor quality sleep increases the risk ofvarious disorders.Post graduate students is at the top ofthe list of sleep deprived individuals.Material and methods: A cross sectional study was conducted amongst the post graduate students of GovernmentMedical College, Amritsar. All the post graduate students admitted to various pre, para and clinical departmentsduring the years 2018, 2019 and 2020 formulated the sample size for this study.Semi structured proformae weredeveloped for data collection. Chi-square test was applied, where p-value of 〈 0.05 (on both sides) was consideredto be statistically significantResults: According to PSQI poor sleep quality was among 178(58%) post graduate students , excessive daytimesleepiness according to ESS was among 120(40%) post graduate students and sleep hours 〈 7 hrs were among 182(66%) post graduate students. After compiling results of all three, 223(72%) post graduate students were foundto be sleep deprived. Association of sleep deprivation with sleep hygiene and night duties was found to bestatistically significant.Conclusion: Increased amount of workload on the residents and more number of night duties affect the sleep ofthe post graduate students and majority of them feel exhausted and fatigued after their night duties
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
ISSN:
0976-5506
,
0976-0245
DOI:
10.37506/ijphrd.v14i2
DOI:
10.37506/ijphrd.v14i2.19113
Language:
English
Publisher:
Institute of Medico-legal Publications Private Limited
Publication Date:
2023
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