Keywords :
Medical intern's, Pittsburgh sleep quality index, Sleep quality
Citation Information :
Nath R, Ahmad A, Rathi V, Mohan S, Sindwani P, Ish P. Sleep Quality Assessment among Medical Intern's: An Observational Study. Indian Sleep Med 2024; 19 (3):39-41.
Background: Medical professionals are often subjected to long working hours and intensive academic teaching programs. This leads to altered sleep timings, duration, and quality. This study was carried out to assess the quality of sleep in medical intern's at a tertiary care teaching hospital.
Methodology: This was a cross-sectional, observational, descriptive study conducted among medical intern's who were posted in various departments of a medical college in North India. A prestructured, pretested questionnaire incorporated into Google Forms was designed and circulated, containing questions on the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI). All the data were collected in a single day.
Results: A total of 130 intern's participated in the study, where the mean global score (PSQI) was 6 with ± 2.82 values, and the global score ranged from 0 to 16. More than 70% of the students had a bad sleep quality (score 6–21). A majority of intern's (70%) slept late at night (12–2.59 a.m.), and most (73%) woke up between 7 and 9 a.m. Around half of the people could fall asleep within 15 minutes of lying in bed, which increased to three-quarters within 30 minutes.
Conclusion: A large proportion of medical intern's have poor sleep quality and delayed sleep phase syndrome, which can increase their morbidity and also affect the quality of patient care.
Alghamdi LA, Alsubhi LS, Alghamdi RM, et al. Prevalence of poor sleep quality among physicians and nurses in a tertiary health care center. J Taibah Univ Med Sci 2024;19(3):473–481. DOI: 10.1016/j.jtumed.2024.03.003.
Rajput G, Gao A, Wu TC, et al. Sleep patterns of premedical undergraduate students: Pilot study and protocol evaluation. JMIR Form Res 2024;8:e45910. DOI: 10.2196/45910.
El-Zoghby SM, Ibrahim ME, Zaghloul NM, et al. Impact of workplace violence on anxiety and sleep disturbances among Egyptian medical residents: A cross-sectional study. Hum Resour Health 2022;20(1):84. DOI: 10.1186/s12960-022-00786-1.
Corrêa CC, Oliveira FK, Pizzamiglio DS, et al. Sleep quality in medical students: A comparison across the various phases of the medical course. J Bras Pneumol 2017;43(4):285–289. DOI: 10.1590/S1806-37562016000000178.
Preišegolavičiūtė E, Leskauskas D, Adomaitiene V. Associations of quality of sleep with lifestyle factors and profile of studies among Lithuanian students. Medicina (Kaunas) 2010;46(7):482–489. PMID: 20966622.
Sundas N, Ghimire S, Bhusal S, et al. Sleep quality among medical students of a tertiary care hospital: A descriptive cross-sectional study. JNMA J Nepal Med Assoc 2020;58(222):76–79. DOI: 10.31729/jnma.4813.
Mishra J, Panigrahi A, Samanta P, et al. Sleep quality and associated factors among undergraduate medical students during Covid-19 confinement. Clin Epidemiol Glob Health 2022;15:101004. DOI: 10.1016/j.cegh.2022.101004.
Nsengimana A, Mugabo E, Niyonsenga J, et al. Sleep quality among undergraduate medical students in Rwanda: A comparative study. Sci Rep 2023;13(1):265. DOI: 10.1038/s41598-023-27573-9.
Sen S, Kranzler HR, Krystal JH, et al. A prospective cohort study investigating factors associated with depression during medical internship. Arch Gen Psychiatry 2010;67(6):557–565. DOI: 10.1001/archgenpsychiatry.2010.41.
Singh J, Badr MS, Diebert W, et al. American academy of sleep medicine (AASM) position paper for the use of telemedicine for the diagnosis and treatment of sleep disorders. J Clin Sleep Med 2015;11(10):1187–1198. DOI: 10.5664/jcsm.5098.
Antiel RM, Reed DA, Van Arendonk KJ, et al. Effects of duty hour restrictions on core competencies, education, quality of life, and burnout among general surgery interns. JAMA Surg 2013;148(5): 448–455. DOI: 10.1001/jamasurg.2013.1368.