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. 2024 Jan 8:11:1270426.
doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2023.1270426. eCollection 2023.

The quality of sleep: evaluation among university students

Silvia Angelillo  1 , Vincenza Sansone  2 , Giovanna Paduano  2 , Ludovica Lateano  1 , Gabriella Di Giuseppe  2 , Carmelo Giuseppe Angelo Nobile  3
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The quality of sleep: evaluation among university students

Silvia Angelillo et al. Front Public Health. .

Abstract

Introduction: This study explored the quality of sleep among university students in the South of Italy during the Covid-19 pandemic.

Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted between March 2022 and January 2023 and involved students over the age of 18, who were invited to complete a self-administered questionnaire using an online application.

Results: Overall, 88% of men and 94.5% of women had Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI) scores of ≥5 and a mean PSQI score of 9.2 ± 3. Students with severe or extremely depression score, with sever or extremely stress score, male and who did not had Covid-19 infection were more likely to have a PSQI global score. Moreover, 62.6% of the students declared a reduction in social relations and 72.3% an increase in the use of social media during the pandemic period. The majority of respondents reported an extremely severe level of depression (68.1%), anxiety (84.4%) and stress (71.9%).

Conclusion: This finding indicate that a relevant percentage of students are poor sleepers with a higher overall PSQI score with depression and stress and underline the role the implementation of public health interventions to promote healthy life styles and in particular focus on the duration of long night sleep.

Keywords: Covid-19; mental health; quality sleep; students; survey.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest.

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