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ALARMING PREVALENCE OF POOR SLEEP AND ANXIETY IN MEDICAL STUDENTS

Tıp Fakültesi Öğrencilerinde Yetersiz Uyku Ve Anksiyete Yaygınlığı Endişe Verici

İsa Yeşilyurt(Faculty of Medicine, Kafkas University)0000-0002-2164-4580
Soner Bitiktaş(Faculty of Medicine, Kafkas University)0000-0002-6040-3771
Pages
52–58
Publication Date
2024-04-24
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Results: It was found that 76% of the participants had poor sleep quality according to the PSQI, while 31.56% of the participants had GAD-7 scores of 10 or above.

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Objective & Hypothesis:Objective: Anxiety and sleep disorders have been reported to be common in medical students.
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Key Findings & Data:Moreover, to reveal the relationship between sociodemographic characteristics, lifestyle data, perceptions of professional future, academic performance with anxiety, and sleep quality.
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Conclusion & Impact:Results: It was found that 76% of the participants had poor sleep quality according to the PSQI, while 31.56% of the participants had GAD-7 scores of 10 or above.
🔬Design:Survey & Empirical Study
📍Scope:2022 Verileri
⚙️Variables:Uyku kalitesi · akademik performans · anksiyete

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Objective: Anxiety and sleep disorders have been reported to be common in medical students. This study aimed to determine the frequency of poor sleep quality and anxiety symptoms in medical students. Moreover, to reveal the relationship between sociodemographic characteristics, lifestyle data, perceptions of professional future, academic performance with anxiety, and sleep quality. Material and Methods: A total of 225 participants enrolled in the first through fifth years of education in Kafkas University’s Faculty of Medicine in the 2022-23 academic year participated in the study. Participants were asked to complete a questionnaire encompassed sociodemographic data, lifestyle information that may affect sleep, the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI), Generalized Anxiety Disorder-7 (GAD-7) scale. Statistical analyses were performed with R Statistical Software (v4.2.2; R Core Team 2022). Results: It was found that 76% of the participants had poor sleep quality according to the PSQI, while 31.56% of the participants had GAD-7 scores of 10 or above. There was a relationship between the poor sleep quality and anxiety of the participants (p<0.001). Academic performance was not found to be significantly associated with poor sleep quality or anxiety. Most of the participants with anxiety were related to their future professional careers, and the academic performances of participants who indicated such anxiety were higher than others. Conclusion: This study has revealed that anxiety levels are high and sleep disturbances are very common among medical students. Most of the students’ anxiety was related to their professional careers, and the academic performances of the participants who indicated such anxiety were higher.

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Amaç: Tıp fakültesi öğrencilerinde anksiyete ve uyku bozuklukları sık görüldüğü raporlanmıştır. Bu çalışmanın amacı; öğrencilerde kötü uyku kalitesinin, anksiyete semptomlarının sıklığının belirlenmesidir. Ayrıca, sosyodemografik özellikler, yaşam tarzı verileri, mesleki gelecek algıları, akademik performans ile anksiyete ve uyku kalitesi arasındaki ilişkiyi ortaya koymaktır. Gereç ve Yöntemler: Çalışmaya 2022-23 akademik yılında Kafkas Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesinde öğrenim gören 1-5. sınıflar arasındaki toplam 225 katılımcı katılmıştır. Katılımcılara sosyodemografik verileri, uykuyu etkileyebilecek yaşam tarzı bilgileri, Pittsburg Uyku Kalitesi İndeksi (PUKİ), Yaygın Anksiyete Bozukluğu-7 (YAB-7) ölçeği yöneltildi. İstatistiksel analizler R istatistik yazılımı kullanılarak (v4.2.2; R Core Team 2022) yapıldı. Bulgular: Katılımcıların %76'sında PUKİ ölçeğine göre kötü uyku kalitesi vardı. Katılımcıların %31.56'sının YAB-7 puanı 10 ve üzerindeydi. Katılımcılarda kötü uyku kalitesi ve anksiyete arasında bir ilişki bulundu (p<0.001). Akademik performansın kötü uyku kalitesi ve anksiyete ile ilişkisiz olduğu görüldü. Gönüllülerin kaygılarının çoğu mesleki kariyerleriyle ilgili olup, bunu belirten katılımcıların akademik puanlarının daha yüksek olduğu tespit edildi. Sonuç: Bu çalışmada tıp öğrencilerinde kaygı düzeylerinin yüksek olduğu ve uyku bozukluğunun çok yaygın olduğu görülmüştür. Öğrencilerin kaygılarının çoğunun mesleki kariyerleriyle ilgili olduğu ve bunu belirten katılımcıların akademik puanlarının daha yüksek olduğu ortaya konmuştur.

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Yeşilyurt, İ., Bitiktaş, S. (2024). ALARMING PREVALENCE OF POOR SLEEP AND ANXIETY IN MEDICAL STUDENTS. Kırıkkale Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi Dergisi, Cilt: 26 Sayı: 1, 52–58. https://doi.org/10.24938/kutfd.1408345

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