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    Changes in Sleep Habits of Medical Students According To Class Starting Time: A Longitudinal Study

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    The document summarizes two studies on the sleep habits of medical students. The first study found that when class start times were delayed by 2-3 hours, students also delayed their bedtimes which disrupted their circadian rhythms, leading to shorter sleep durations and worse sleep quality on weekdays. The second study surveyed Ghanaian medical students and found most went to bed late, between 10pm-12am, and most woke up between 4-6am. Over 90% reported poor sleep quality due to irregular sleep schedules from academic commitments. Both studies concluded that medical students frequently experience poor sleep quality and quantity due to academic and class scheduling factors, which can negatively impact cognitive performance and health.

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    The document summarizes two studies on the sleep habits of medical students. The first study found that when class start times were delayed by 2-3 hours, students also delayed their bedtimes which disrupted their circadian rhythms, leading to shorter sleep durations and worse sleep quality on weekdays. The second study surveyed Ghanaian medical students and found most went to bed late, between 10pm-12am, and most woke up between 4-6am. Over 90% reported poor sleep quality due to irregular sleep schedules from academic commitments. Both studies concluded that medical students frequently experience poor sleep quality and quantity due to academic and class scheduling factors, which can negatively impact cognitive performance and health.

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    The document summarizes two studies on the sleep habits of medical students. The first study found that when class start times were delayed by 2-3 hours, students also delayed their bedtimes which disrupted their circadian rhythms, leading to shorter sleep durations and worse sleep quality on weekdays. The second study surveyed Ghanaian medical students and found most went to bed late, between 10pm-12am, and most woke up between 4-6am. Over 90% reported poor sleep quality due to irregular sleep schedules from academic commitments. Both studies concluded that medical students frequently experience poor sleep quality and quantity due to academic and class scheduling factors, which can negatively impact cognitive performance and health.

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    Changes in Sleep Habits of Medical Students According To Class Starting Time: A Longitudinal Study

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    The document summarizes two studies on the sleep habits of medical students. The first study found that when class start times were delayed by 2-3 hours, students also delayed their bedtimes which disrupted their circadian rhythms, leading to shorter sleep durations and worse sleep quality on weekdays. The second study surveyed Ghanaian medical students and found most went to bed late, between 10pm-12am, and most woke up between 4-6am. Over 90% reported poor sleep quality due to irregular sleep schedules from academic commitments. Both studies concluded that medical students frequently experience poor sleep quality and quantity due to academic and class scheduling factors, which can negatively impact cognitive performance and health.

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    Changes in Sleep Habits of medical students according to Class Starting time: A Longitudinal Study

    Patricia Lima; Ana liga de mediros; Sergio Mota Rolim; Asuendo Diaz; Katie Almondes; john Araujo

    http://sleepscience.org.br/details/k13/changes-sleep-in-habits-of-medical-students

    our subjects were 31medical students(19 males and 12 females)from Universidade Federal do Rio Grande
    do norte, Brazil. The mean age was 20.54±2 years at the beginning of the studt and they attended classes according
    to a regular schedule from Monday to Friday. The instrument that is used is portugeuse home and ostberg
    questionnaire and the Pittsburgh sleep quality index in which the students record time their bedtime and wake up
    and questionnaire about sleep habits and some issues in their sleeping.

    Evaluation of the same group of students throughout the entire experimental period allwed us to use one
    way within subjects individual characteristics such as personality and chronotype as constant variables with little
    effect on the comparisons. When the students went from the 1st analyzed period to the second, their morning classes
    time was delayed by 2 hours on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Friday and by 3 hours on Tuesday and Friday; this
    aloowed them to delay their wake up time during morning but they also delayed their bedtime which associates to
    the human circadian system. We also found an increase in sleep duration during weekends.

    The objective of the study is good quality sleep and adequate amount of sleep are important in order to
    have better cognitive performance and avoid health problems. Sleep related disturbances affect a large percentage of
    students and may cause impairment in their academic performance.

    According to morningness and eveningness questionnaire 71.4% students were classified as indifferent
    type, 14.3 as moderate evening type, and 2.95 as extreme evening type. PSQI scores range to 0 to 20 and a value of
    5 indicates bad sleep quality.during the first period analyzed the PSQI scores 5.00 ±1.5 with 43.3% students
    presenting bad sleep quality. The students average bedtime during the 1st period was 23.47±52 min and 459±59 min
    on weekday and weekends.

    The results demonstrated that when classes started earlier in the morning the students had shorter sleep
    duration during weekdays, greater difference between weekday and weekends sleep duration and worse sleep quality
    showing the class starting time on the students sleep habits. It’s important to have good sleep quality so that you will
    be more active in academic activities.

    Good quality sleep are important to have better cognitive performance and avoid problems in health.
    Among the wide range factors that can influenced sleep habits, schedules are deprivating the students. We have
    evaluated the PSQI questionnaire int the students to see different factors affecting their sleep.
    Evaluation of Sleep Patterns and Self-reported Academic Performance among Medical Students at the
    University of Ghana School of Medicine and Dentistry

    Henry Lawson; Jude Tettey Wellens –Mensah; Salamatu Attah Nantogma

    https;//doi.org/10.1155/2019/1278579

    Data were collected using a 39 item questionnaire adopted from Sweileh et.al. 2011, and based on the
    diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders criteria for sleep disorders and the Pittsburgh sleep quality
    index. Students must limit their responses to incidents occured the past one month. The quesrtionnare consist of six
    sections covering the following domains: demographic characteristics (gender, age, academic level, program); sleep
    habits (time of going to bed, hours of sleep, time of waking); sleep problems (time taken to fall sleep, no. of time
    waking at night, sonring, failure to maintain sleep); parasomnia , daytime tiredness and sleepiness; and general
    subjective questions.

    Sleep is a physiological process essential to maintain humans normal functioning. Sleep problems are also
    influenced by physical, mental, and environmental factors. Students or teens require an average between 8 to 10
    hours of sleep.

    The objective of the study is ro describe the sleep habits and problems among medical students and to assess
    their possible effect on self-reported academic performance.

    161 students were ivited to participate. 153(95%) gave written consent and completed the questions.Female
    respondents (83/153) male respondents(70/153) 10 students went to bed before 10 pm, 101 went to bed between 10
    to midnight and 42 went to bed after midnight. Most respondents 107 woke up between 4 am to 6 am only 2 students
    wake after 8 am. 7 students reported to ude sleeping pills to sleep and a total 0f 125 that they do not drink coffee to
    sleep, sleep tatency 45(10-15 mins), 16(31-60) and 110 students goes to the bathroom 9 students has poor quality of
    sleep.

    Good quality sleep is essential for general well-being and optimum functioning of all organs systems. Irregular
    sleep habits due to academic commitments and busy schedules. Education of medical students in Ghana on sleep
    problems and a practice of good sleep hygiene. Future studies should investigate of the effect o sleeping habits of
    the students.

    The study sought to analyze the sleeping habit and to determine the sleeping quality of the students in Ghana.
    The findings showed that almost all of the students have bad sleeping habit due to academic commitments.

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