Prevalence of insomnia and sleep pattern among MBBS students of Stanley Medical College, Chennai

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dc.contributor.authorKumar, R. Senthilen_US
dc.contributor.authorKumar, K. Sathishen_US
dc.date.accessioned2020-05-06T08:39:00Z
dc.date.available2020-05-06T08:39:00Z
dc.date.issued2019-03
dc.description.abstractBackground: Having a healthy behavior and physiology is impossible without normal sleep pattern. Between the ages 18 and 25, people are prone to sleep disturbances. College life, which mostly occurs during this ages also affects the sleep pattern.Methods: This is a descriptive cross sectional study conducted among MBBS students of Stanley Medical College during august to September 2009. About 300 students were randomly selected using table of random numbers. Data was collected using a questionnaire and entered in SPSS version 16 software. Analysis was done using chi-square test. P value of less than 0.05 was taken as statistically significant.Results: Prevalence of insomnia is found to be 37% and is significantly higher among males. Disturbed sleep is higher among males.Conclusions: Prevalence of insomnia is 37% and is significantly higher among males. About 26.3% of the participants had disturbed sleepen_US
dc.identifier.affiliationsDepartment of Community medicine, Government Kilpauk Medical College, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, IndiaDepartment of Pediatrics, 1en_US
dc.identifier.citationKumar R. Senthil, Kumar K. Sathish . Prevalence of insomnia and sleep pattern among MBBS students of Stanley Medical College, Chennai. International Journal of Community Medicine and Public Health. 2019 Mar; 6(3): 1057-1060en_US
dc.identifier.issn2394-6032
dc.identifier.issn2394-6040
dc.identifier.placeIndiaen_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://imsear.searo.who.int/handle/123456789/201208
dc.languageenen_US
dc.publisherMedip Academyen_US
dc.relation.issuenumber3en_US
dc.relation.volume6en_US
dc.source.urihttps://dx.doi.org/10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20190584en_US
dc.subjectInsomniaen_US
dc.subjectMBBS studentsen_US
dc.subjectPrevalenceen_US
dc.subjectDisturbed sleepen_US
dc.titlePrevalence of insomnia and sleep pattern among MBBS students of Stanley Medical College, Chennaien_US
dc.typeJournal Articleen_US
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