Saffie, Nurul Atikah Mohamad
(2022)
Sleep quality and the associated factors among undergraduate student at health campus, Universiti Sains Malaysia.
Other.
Pusat Pengajian Sains Kesihatan, Universiti Sains Malaysia.
(Submitted)
Abstract
It is acknowledged that sleep quality is frequently worsened in university students. Lack of
awareness of the symptoms and early treatment can lead to other diseases. Thus, this study
aimed to investigate the sleep quality and associated factors among undergraduate students at
Health Campus USM. A total of 250 undergraduate students aged between 19 to 30 years old
from the three schools (Health Science, Medicine and Dentistry) were involved in this study.
A cross-sectional study design was employed. The Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI) and
International Physical Activity Questionnaire (IPAQ) were utilized for data collection. Then
the data were analyzed using SPSS version 26. Pearson Chi-Square Test was used to identify
the association between socio-demographic characteristics (gender, body mass index, physical
activity and sleeping pattern) with sleep quality. The majority of the respondents in this study
had a poor level of sleep quality (n=203, 81.2%). Among the four factors, only gender was
found to have no significant association with sleep quality (p= 0.071). While the other three
factors; body mass index (p= 0.08), physical activity (p= 0.002) and sleeping pattern (p=0.001)
have been found significant association with sleep quality. On the other hand, most of the
undergraduate students had poor levels of sleep quality and were moderately active (n=98,
39.2%). These findings revealed, there was a need to increase university students' awareness
and improve their level of sleep quality among undergraduate students as a preventive measure
for further problems such as practicing sleep hygiene and include physical activity in daily
routine.
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