Table 1 The students’ overall perceptions towards sleep deprivation and its relationship to academic performance
Evaluative statement | All respondents (n = 359) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Disagreea n (%) | Neutrala n (%) | Agreea n (%) | Mean ± SDb | |
Sleep deprivation negatively affects my academic performance | 18 (6.9) | 37 (14.3) | 204 (78.8) | 4.0 ± 0.9 |
Sleep deprivation negatively affects my mood | 12 (5.0) | 43 (16.6) | 203 (78.4) | 4.1 ± 0.9 |
Stress of mid-term exams leads me to sleep deprivation | 51 (19.7) | 65 (25.1) | 143 (55.2) | 3.5 ± 1.2 |
Stress of final exams leads me to sleep deprivation | 37 (14.3) | 31 (12.0) | 191 (73.7) | 4.0 ± 1.1 |
The demanding medical curriculum leads me to sleep deprivation | 37 (14.3) | 61 (23.6) | 161 (62.2) | 3.7 ± 1.1 |
I’m interested in curricular individual courses about healthy sleep | 52 (20.1) | 112 (43.2) | 95 (36.7) | 3.3 ± 1.1 |
I’m interested in extracurricular learning activities about healthy sleep | 72 (27.8) | 68 (26.3) | 119 (45.9) | 3.3 ± 1.2 |
My academic advisor counsels me about my sleep patterns | 156 (60.2) | 68 (26.3) | 35 (13.5) | 2.3 ± 1.1 |
I am knowledgeable about the healthy sleep patterns | 33 (12.7) | 67 (25.9) | 159 (61.4) | 3.7 ± 1.0 |