Sleep-wake rhythm and its association with lifestyle, health-related quality of life and academic performance among Japanese nursing students: a cross-sectional study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Young adults are likely to have activities and go to bed late at night due to their age-dependent delayed endogenous circadian clock. The purpose of the present study was to clarify sleep-wake rhythm and its association with lifestyle, health-related quality of life, and academic performance among nursing students.

Methods

Self-reported questionnaires were distributed to undergraduate nursing students at six universities in Japan. Sleep-wake rhythm was assessed using the morningness-eveningness questionnaire. A quantitative design using the generalized linear mixed effect model was utilized to identify the factors related to the evening type among female nursing students (n = 447).

Results

About 18% of the participants were identified as the evening type. E

SUBMITTER: Kayaba M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8576865 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature