Sleep Quality of Students during Final Exams in Ardabil and Khalkhal University of Medical Sciences

Introduction: Sleep is one of the most important circadian cyclic processes that play a significant role in the health of individuals. Students are a community of people who are particularly affected by sleep disorders. The aim of this study was to Sleep quality of students during final exams in Ardabil and Khalkhal Universities of Medical Sciences in 2017. Material and Methods: The present study is a cross-sectional study performed on 340 dormitory and non-dormitory students in Ardabil and Khalkhal University of Medical Sciences. The instrument used in this study was Pittsburgh standard sleep quality questionnaire. Sampling was done randomly. Data were analyzed by SPSS version 16 software. Results: The mean and standard deviation of total sleep quality score in the students participating in the study was 7.63±2.53. According to the findings, 10.58% of the participants (36) had no sleep disorders and 89.41% (304) had sleep disorders. Useful sleep with mean and standard deviation of 2.94±0.36 has the highest score among the components of the questionnaire and the lowest score is related to the use of sleep medications (126.2±0.47). Conclusion: The results of this study show that the sleep quality of students in medical sciences is undesirable and can be an indicator of the job and academic performance of this stratum. Therefore, it is suggested that education and advertising in this field can be effective.