Sleep quality among pharmacy students
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Sleep quality among pharmacy students
Abstract
Objective: To determine the quality of sleep among pharmacy students in the didactic portion of the curriculum at one school of pharmacy.
Methods: The study consisted of an anonymous, voluntary survey that included the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI), a self-rated instrument that measures sleep habits for a month.
Results: The survey was completed by 253 students. Students in the lower grade point average (GPA) category had higher scores on 2 of 7 components of the PSQI and on the global score. Poor sleep quality, indicated by a global PSQI score of greater than 5, was reported by 140 students. The rate of poor sleeping was higher among students in the lower GPA category.
Conclusion: Poor sleep quality was pervasive among surveyed pharmacy students in the didactic portion of the pharmacy school curriculum, especially among those with lower GPAs.
Keywords: grade point average; pharmacy students; sleep.
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