Poor Quality of Sleep is Associated with Lower Academic Performance in Undergraduate Dental Students: A Cross-Sectional Study.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

This study aimed to assess the quality of sleep and associated factors among dental students.

Methods

All dental students regularly enrolled at the Federal University of Pelotas, Brazil, were invited to participate. A structured online questionnaire was applied to collect the independent variables, including academic performance. Quality of sleep was assessed by the validated version of the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index. Sample was dichotomized as good sleep quality (total score: ≤ 4) and at least poor quality (total score: ≥ 5). Adjusted analyses were performed using Poisson regression with robust variance to detect the association between sleep quality and independent variables. Independent adjusted models were performed to the whole-sample, only undergraduate and

SUBMITTER: Munoz MDS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9823249 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature