Correlation between sleep quality, stress and academic performance in medical students
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Sleep quality, stress, academic performance, medical studentsAbstract
Introduction. Sleep quality and stress in the medical career are factors that alter students' quality of learning and academic performance. In a career as competitive as medicine, it is normal to see high stress regarding grades and sleep deprivation is often a common practice in studies. This work describes the relationship between sleep quality and academic stress of students at a medical school in the city of Pedro Juan Caballero, in the department of Amambay, Paraguay, in the first semester of 2024. Materials and Methods. Observational, prospective, cross-sectional correlational study. Sleep quality was evaluated using the Pittsburg scale, and the stress level was measured using the academic sphere of the adolescent stress scale. These data were correlated with academic performance using the Spearman coefficient. Results. It was seen that 77.8% of the subjects suffered from poor sleep quality, the most frequent stress score was 17 and the median was 21 points. The correlation between sleep quality and academic performance was r= -0.168 (p<0.001) and the correlation between stress score and academic performance was r= -179 (p<0.001). Conclusion. Sleep quality and academic stress level are negatively correlated with the academic performance of a medical student.
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