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| Published: October 27, 2021

A Cross-Sectional Questionnaire Based Study to Evaluate Subjective Sleep Quality among Undergraduate Students in India

Nirmegh Basu

Bachelor of Science student, Department of Zoology, Sri Venkateswara College, University of Delhi, New Delhi, India Google Scholar More about the auther

, Akansha Saxena

Bachelor of Science student, Department of Zoology, Sri Venkateswara College, University of Delhi, New Delhi, India Google Scholar More about the auther

, Ayushi Sarraf

Bachelor of Science student, Department of Zoology, Sri Venkateswara College, University of Delhi, New Delhi, India Google Scholar More about the auther

, Anoop Singh

Ph.D. student, Department of Zoology, University of Delhi, Delhi, India Google Scholar More about the auther

, Akshanshi Gulani

Bachelor of Science student, Department of Zoology, Sri Venkateswara College, University of Delhi, New Delhi, India Google Scholar More about the auther

, Mohini Yadav

Bachelor of Science student, Department of Zoology, Sri Venkateswara College, University of Delhi, New Delhi, India Google Scholar More about the auther

, Shalini Panwar

Bachelor of Science student, Department of Zoology, Sri Venkateswara College, University of Delhi, New Delhi, India Google Scholar More about the auther

, Vartika Mathur

Professor, Sri Venkateswara College, University of Delhi, New Delhi, India Google Scholar More about the auther

, Richa Misra

Assistant Professor, Department of Zoology, Sri Venkateswara College, University of Delhi, New Delhi, India Google Scholar More about the auther

DIP: 18.01.024.20210904

DOI: 10.25215/0904.024

ABSTRACT

Irregular sleep patterns are often a major hindrance in the life of undergraduate students, fueled by the undulating lifestyle anomalies and new vulnerabilities that come with college life. Insomnia, slapdash sleep cycles, and daytime dysfunction may affect both physical as well as mental well-being of individuals. India has the largest share of young adults in the world, which also makes it a likely epicenter for increasing sleep disorders. Students are often exposed to a significantly high level of academic burden and turn to options such as pulling all-nighters that further propel these issues. Most students realize the effects of a bad sleep schedule but nonetheless sacrifice it for the promise of better grades ignoring the double-edged sword. This study assesses the association of self-rated subjective sleep quality with habits prevalent among undergraduate students in India and its effect on their academic performance. Based on a modified PSQI questionnaire, the participants’ sleep quality was scored and a large majority of students showed an overall moderately good sleep quality. Insufficient sleep was seen to have an adverse effect on facial appearance, work productivity and enthusiasm for daily chores, among students. Unlike previous reports, the current dataset did not reveal any significant impact of sleep quality on the academic performance of the students. We also analyzed the most prevalent factors that were responsible for disruption of sleep in college goers and probed the major reasons for nighttime phone usage, which revealed social media to be a major contributor. Although the negative impact of sleep deprivation on academic performance has been studied earlier, any differential impact of stream has not been addressed thoroughly. Unlike the common belief of disparity induced due to stream-based academic pressure, our survey analysis showed insignificant contribution of stream leading to differences in sleep quality of students. Although participants’ reported mild disruption in sleep, it was observed across all streams and it did not seem to have an immediate effect on overall sleep quality of undergraduate students.

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ISSN 2348-5396

ISSN 2349-3429

18.01.024.20210904

10.25215/0904.024

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Published in   Volume 09, Issue 4, October- December, 2021