TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2021//
TI  - Poor sleep quality and its related risk factors among university students
JO  - Annals of palliative medicine
A1  - Liu, Xiaohong
A1  - Lang, Lin
A1  - Wang, Rui
A1  - Chen, Wangyang
A1  - Ren, Xiaohua
A1  - Lin, Yi
A1  - Chen, Guanqing
A1  - Pan, Chenchen
A1  - Zhao, Wenying
A1  - Li, Tinghui
A1  - Han, Chunlei
A1  - He, Lianping
A1  - Gu, Yuanlong
SP  - 4479
EP  - 4485
VL  - 10
IS  - 4
N2  - BACKGROUND: Poor sleep quality is a major health problem worldwide. In universities, poor sleep quality can effect student's ability to study and have a serious impact on their psychological and physical well-being. The aim of this study was to explore the quality of sleep among university students and identify risk factors associated with poor sleep quality. <br><br>METHODS: A cross-sectional study was conducted and the Pittsburgh sleep quality index scale was used to measure sleep quality. The overall score of the PSQI ranges from 0 to 21, with a score of 4 or less indicating good sleep quality, a score of 5-10 indicating fairly good sleep quality, 11-15 indicating fairly bad sleep quality, and a score of 16-21 indicating poor sleep quality. <br><br>RESULTS: A total of 1,317 subjects were enrolled in the study. Most subjects were female (64.6%) and rural based (69.2%). Low intensity sports activity more than once per week was reported by 81.9% of subjects and 59.8% reported they participated in high-intensity sports more than once a week. In addition, 72.8% of subjects took a nap more than three times per week. <br><br>CONCLUSIONS: We found that physical activity and taking a nap may be important factors in improving sleep quality and preventing sleep disorders among university students.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 2224-5820
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.21037/apm-21-472
ID  - ref1
ER  -