RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Sleep habits among Greek university students
JF European Respiratory Journal
JO Eur Respir J
FD European Respiratory Society
SP P2255
VO 44
IS Suppl 58
A1 Athanasia Pataka
A1 Evdokia Sourla
A1 Petros Anagnostopoulos
A1 Georgia Vareta
A1 Nikiforia Aggeli
A1 Prodromos Koutoukoglou
A1 Emmanouil Biolakis
A1 Souzanna Xida
A1 Eleni Vaitsi
A1 Asimina Paspala
A1 Paul Zarogoulidis
A1 Sofia Akritidou
A1 Paraskevi Argyropoulou
YR 2014
UL http://erj.ersjournals.com/content/44/Suppl_58/P2255.abstract
AB Background: Sleep problems are common among young adults, especially university students who experience great psychological pressure due to the changes in career market and increased unemployment.Objectives: The aim of the study was to examine sleep habits and sleep problems of university students and to compare sleep of medical students to that of students of other faculties.Methods: A cross-sectional survey was conducted in Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. Students from different academic levels and faculties completed self-report, anonymous questionnaires.Results:A total of 309 students (47% males) from different faculties (33.5% medicine) were recruited (20.5 ±2 years).Reported mean duration of night sleep during weekdays was 6.6±1.4h, but during weekends 8.6± 1.9 (p<0.001). During the examinations period sleep duration was 6.4±1.7h. Only 39 (13%) students were working and 16 (41%) of them had a night shift. 18% were smokers, 76.4% drunk coffee to 'wake them up when sleepy' (1.3±1.2 cups) and 28 (9.1%) consumed alcohol to help them sleep when they had problems. 84% considered their sleep quality adequate, but 76.3% reported daytime sleepiness and 94% that their sleep duration was inadequate. Thinking of economic problems and economic crisis caused problems in the sleep of 11%. Snoring was reported in 21% (66.1% males) and sleeptalking in 23.6%.Sleep duration was shorter in medical students compared to other students in weekdays(5.7±0.9 vs 7.1±1.4, p<0.001) and during examinations (5.9±1.6 vs. 6.7±1.7, p=0.001).Conclusions: Among university students sleep duration is short especially in medical students and the majority believes that more sleep would be necessary.