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. 2015 Feb 17;79(1):09.
doi: 10.5688/ajpe79109.

Sleep quality among pharmacy students

Marshall E Cates  1 , Andraya Clark  2 , Thomas W Woolley  3 , Amy Saunders  4
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Sleep quality among pharmacy students

Marshall E Cates et al. Am J Pharm Educ. .

Abstract

Objective: To determine the quality of sleep among pharmacy students in the didactic portion of the curriculum at one school of pharmacy.

Methods: The study consisted of an anonymous, voluntary survey that included the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI), a self-rated instrument that measures sleep habits for a month.

Results: The survey was completed by 253 students. Students in the lower grade point average (GPA) category had higher scores on 2 of 7 components of the PSQI and on the global score. Poor sleep quality, indicated by a global PSQI score of greater than 5, was reported by 140 students. The rate of poor sleeping was higher among students in the lower GPA category.

Conclusion: Poor sleep quality was pervasive among surveyed pharmacy students in the didactic portion of the pharmacy school curriculum, especially among those with lower GPAs.

Keywords: grade point average; pharmacy students; sleep.

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Global Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index Scores (n = 253)
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