Tuyển tập các báo cáo nghiên cứu về y học được đăng trên tạp chí y học Critical Care giúp cho các bạn có thêm kiến thức về ngành y học đề tài: Sleep habits and sleep problems among Palestinian students. | Sweileh et al. Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health 2011 5 25 http content 5 1 25 CHILD ADOLESCENT PSYCHIATRY MENTAL HEALTH RESEARCH Open Access Sleep habits and sleep problems among Palestinian students 12 1 1 1 1 Waleed M Sweileh Iyad A Ali Ansam F Sawalha Adham S Abu-Taha Saed H Zyoud and Samah W Al-Jabi Abstract Aim The aim of this study was to describe sleep habits and sleep problems in a population of undergraduates in Palestine. Association between self-reported sleep quality and self-reported academic achievement was also investigated. Methods Sleep habits and problems were investigated using a convenience sample of students from An-Najah National University Palestine. The study was carried out during spring semester 2009. A self-administered questionnaire developed based on The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders IV criteria and Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index was used. Results 400 students with a mean age of were studied. Reported mean duration of night sleep in the study sample was hours. The majority of students went to bed before midnight and 18 of the total sample woke up before 6 am. Sleep latency of more than one hour was present in of the students. Two thirds of the students reported having at least one nocturnal awakening per night. Nightmares were the most common parasomnia reported by students. Daytime naps were common and reported in of the study sample. Sleep quality was reported as poor in only and was significantly associated with sleep latency frequency of nocturnal awakenings time of going to bed nightmares but not with academic achievement. Conclusion Sleep habits among Palestinian undergraduates were comparable to those reported in European studies. Sleep problems were common and there was no significant association between sleep quality and academic achievement. Background Prevalence of sleep problems vary based on ethnic and cultural beliefs 1-7 . For
