Background: Sleep plays a very important
role in a human being's health. It has been reported that sleep is an essential
process for maintaining healthy physiological, psychological, and cognitive
functions for human memory and learning. Nursing students might be exposed to
high levels of pressure and stress due to their academic responsibilities
besides other personal and societal stressors. They may not be able to sleep
adequately due to many assignments, examinations and other personal activities.
Thus, they are at increased risk for sleep disorders.
Aim: The main objective of the current
study was to identify the association between sleeping patterns and the
students' academic performance.
Methodology: This is a descriptive and
facility-based study. A snowball sampling technique (SST) was utilized for this
study conducted during the period from June to December 2020 at Najran
University, College of Nursing. A close-ended questionnaire was utilized for
collecting the data besides obtaining the academic score (GPA) from the
student's records.
Results: The participants' mean age ± standard
deviation (S±D) was 22.4 ± 3.1 years. The majority of students 46 (76.7%) are
aged above 21 years old and half of them have a GPA range between 2.0–3.49. In
this study, 85% of the studied subjects use to sleep about four to six hours
per day, although 20% of them don't use to have day naps. Interestingly, 73.3%
of them are currently living with their families which is correlated
significantly with their GPA (P value = 0.05). Additionally, Day naps and
duration of sleep hours per day were found to be statistically significant with
their GPA (P value < 0.05) respectively. On the other hand, the body mass
index was not statistically significant with their GPA (P value > 0.05).
Nursing students frequently experienced sleepiness and insufficient sleep, which
had an impact on their ability to operate during the day and their academic
performance. As a result, individuals who exhibit symptoms of sleep
disturbances are more likely to achieve academically poorly and receive low
grades in their classes.
Conclusion: There should be suitable
programs to help students identify the physical as well as psychological
symptoms as early as possible and therefore, provide adequate guidance to
improve their academic as well as physical performance. Additionally, any student
who performs poorly in academics should be monitored and referred to the
concerned professional for help.
Author (s) Details
Nahid Elfaki
Community & Mental Health
Department, College of Nursing, Najran University, Najran, Saudi Arabia.
Abdalla Osman
Community & Mental Health
Department, College of Nursing, Najran University, Najran, Saudi Arabia.
Yahya Abdalla
Community & Mental Health
Department, College of Nursing, Najran University, Najran, Saudi Arabia.
Wargaa Taha
Obstetrics & Gynecology Department,
College of Nursing, Najran University, Najran, Saudi Arabia.
Amna Idris
Medical-Surgical Department, College of
Nursing, Najran University, Najran, Saudi Arabia.
Nahla Elradhi
Community & Mental Health
Department, College of Nursing, Najran University, Najran, Saudi Arabia.
Please see the book
here:- https://doi.org/10.9734/bpi/dhrni/v4/1879
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