Predictors of sleep quality in medical students during COVID-19 confinement.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

We aimed to assess sleep quality of Tunisian medical students during home confinement due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and to analyze the relationship between sleep quality and sociodemographic, clinical, confinement-related and psychological variables.

Methods

A correlational cross-sectional study was conducted from April 11th to May 3rd 2020. Medical students who have been in home confinement and who accepted to participate in an online survey were targeted. Sociodemographic data, clinical variables, and data related to home confinement were collected. Participants also completed Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index, Depression, Anxiety and Stress Scale and Beck Hopelessness Scale.

Results

Results showed a high prevalence of poor sleepers among medical students (7

SUBMITTER: Saguem BN 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8828364 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature