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September 10, 2025Acta Scientiarum Health SciencesOpen Access

Sleep quality amongst medical students

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GMGuillermo Insfran MéndezACA C Rosa CardozoVRVictor RojasUniversity of the Pacific

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Implication

Descriptive study reports sleep quality issues in medical students, highlighting significant sleep disturbances.

Key Points

  • A total of 51.1% of medical students reported poor subjective sleep quality, with first-year students most affected.
  • Participants averaged 21.3 years of age, and 42.1% reported sleeping between 5-6 hours per night on average.
  • Using the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index, the study found 64.4% of students had moderate sleep quality and 27.5% had poor quality.
  • Daytime dysfunction impacted 35.8% of students, particularly among sixth-year students, indicating a potential need for improved health support.

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Méndez et al. (2025) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/68c23e94b210217d64792f6fhttps://doi.org/10.4025/actascihealthsci.v47i1.73329
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