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Health indicators associated with poor sleep quality among university students

Year: 2014

Type: article

Abstract: OBJECTIVE: To associate the sleep quality of Brazilian undergraduate students with health indicators. METHOD: A cross-sectional study was developed with a random sample of 662 undergraduate students from Fortaleza, Brazil. The demographic data, Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index and health data indicators (smoking, alcoholism, sedentary lifestyle, nutritional condition and serum cholesterol) were collected through a self-administered questionnaire. Blood was collected at a clinical laboratory. In order to estimate the size of the associations, a Poisson Regression was used. RESULTS: For students who are daily smokers, the occurrence of poor sleep was higher than in non-smokers (p<0.001). Prevalence rate values were nevertheless close to 1. CONCLUSION: The likelihood of poor sleep is almost the same in smokers and in alcoholics.

Source: Revista da Escola de Enfermagem da USP

DOI: 10.1590/s0080-623420140000700017

Authors: Márcio Flávio Moura de Araújo, Roberto Wagner Júnior Freire de Freitas, Adman Câmara Soares Lima, Dayse Christina Rodrigues Pereira, Maria Lúcia Zanetti, Marta Maria Coelho Damasceno

Institutions: University for International Integration of the Afro-Brazilian Lusophony, Universidade Federal do Piauí, Universidade de São Paulo, Universidade Federal do Ceará

Language: Portuguese

Topic: Sleep and related disorders

Subfield: Experimental and Cognitive Psychology

Field: Psychology

Domain: Social Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: diamond

Funder: Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico