SynthesisJournal of clinical sleep medicine : JCSM : official publication of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine2017
Sleep Duration and Sleep Patterns in Chinese University Students: A Comprehensive Meta-Analysis.
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- Anxiety and sleep hygiene among college students, a moderated mediating model.BMC public health · 2025Article
- A Study of Relationships Between Mental Well-Being, Sleep Quality, Eating Behavior, and BMI: A Cross-Sectional Study Among University Students.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2025Article
- Physical exercise moderates the mediating effect of depression between physical and psychological abuse in childhood and social network addiction in college students.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Uncovering the complex interactions of mental health symptoms in Chinese college students: insights from network analysis.BMC psychology · 2025Article
- Limited effect of sleep education among rural middle-school students in eastern China: a 4-month intervention study.Sleep and biological rhythms · 2025Article
- The mediating role of cognitive arousal in the relationship between impulsivity and sleep quality among college students: a random intercept cross-lagged panel analysis.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Allostatic load in non-medical and medical college students.BMC public health · 2025Article
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Abstract
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objectivesThis meta-analysis aimed to determine duration and patterns of sleep in Chinese university students.
methodsEnglish (PubMed, PsycINFO, Embase) and Chinese (SinoMed, Wan Fang Database, and Chinese National Knowledge Infrastructure) databases were systematically and independently searched from their inception until August 16, 2016. Data on sleep duration and sleep patterns of tertiary student population in eligible studies were extracted and pooled using random-effects models.
resultsA total of 57 studies with 82,055 university students were included in the meta-analysis. Pooled mean sleep duration was 7.08 h/d (95% confidence interval [CI]: 6.84 to 7.32 h/d). The percentage of students with sleep duration shorter than 6 h/d and 7 h/d (short sleep) was 8.4% (95% CI: 5.7% to 12.3%) and 43.9% (95% CI: 36.9% to 51.1%), respectively. In contrast, the percentage of students with sleep duration longer than 8 hours and 9 hours (long sleep) was 18.3% and 5.7%, respectively. The pooled mean bedtime was at 12:51 am. The percentage of university students who fall asleep after midnight was 23.8%. The percentage of students with sleep latency more than 30 minutes was 25.5%. The pooled mean wake-up time was at 8:04 am on weekdays and on weekends.
conclusionsShort sleep duration and unhealthy sleep patterns were found to be common among Chinese university students.
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