Post-COVID analysis of Sleep Quality of Undergraduate and Postgraduate Students

In the resent study an attempt is made to compare and find out extent of sleep quality among students studying in undergraduate and post graduate courses. The sample consisted of 272 students studying in Mysore city, pursuing various courses and aged between 18-25 years. They were selected from various colleges of Mysore city, through simple random sampling. The students answered Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI-1989) scale which measured global sleep quality. Chi-square tests were applied to find out the differences between frequencies of levels of sleep quality and association of demographic factors with sleep quality. Results revealed that an alarming 72.1% of the selected students in the present study had poor sleep quality. Students pursuing postgraduate courses had better sleep quality than students pursuing undergraduate courses. Students hailing from semi-urban areas had better sleep quality than students hailing from rural and urban areas. Other factors such as gender, course and stay did not have a significant influence over sleep quality of the students.