SynthesisFrontiers in psychiatry2022
Prevalence of Sleep Problems Among Chinese Medical Students: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.
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- Investigation on the association between college students' smartphone-related behaviors and sleep quality during COVID-19.PloS one · 2025Article
- Assessing the Association Between Meeting New 24-h Movement Guidelines and Symptoms of Depression, Anxiety, and Stress Among Chinese Medical Students: A Multicenter Study.Depression and anxiety · 2025Article
- The prevalence of sleep disturbance and its possible associated factors among iranian medical students: A cross-sectional study with a national meta-analysis.Sleep medicine: X · 2024Article
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- Facebook addiction and sleep problems in peruvian university students after the COVID-19 pandemic.Heliyon · 2024Article
- Assessing psychometric properties and measurement invariance of the Sleep Quality Questionnaire among healthcare students.BMC psychology · 2024Article
- Sleep patterns and their associations with psychiatric symptoms among Chinese healthcare workers: a latent profile analysis.Frontiers in psychology · 2024Article
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- Sleep quality and related factors among healthcare workers in designated quarantine hospital site in post-pandemic based on the health ecological model: a cross-sectional study in Nanjing, China.Frontiers in public health · 2024Article
- The RU_SATED as a measure of sleep health: cross-cultural adaptation and validation in Chinese healthcare students.BMC psychology · 2023Observational
- Depression and Anxiety Mediate the Association between Sleep Quality and Self-Rated Health in Healthcare Students.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
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Abstract
Background: Sleep is a necessary physiological process, which is closely related to cognitive function, emotion, memory, endocrine balance, and immunity. The prevalence of sleep problems continues to rise in Chinese medical students, which has a potential influence on living and work. Objective: This study aimed to observe the prevalence of sleep problems among medical students in China. Method: The included cross-sectional studies on the prevalence of sleep problems of medical students in China were retrieved from PubMed, Embase, the Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, CNKI, and Wanfang database. An 11-item checklist recommended by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality was adopted to evaluate the methodological quality of the included studies. Software Stata 12.0, SPSS 26.0, and R were used to analyze the data. Registration: PROSPERO, CRD 42021237303. Result: The prevalence of sleep problems among Chinese medical students was 27.38%. The subgroup analysis showed significant differences in the prevalence of sleep problems among different regions, educational backgrounds, grades, and University types. The region, latitude, and gross domestic product (GDP) were significant heterogeneous sources of sleep problems. The prevalence is positively correlated with latitude and negatively correlated with GDP per capita. Regular screening and appropriate intervention are recommended for these mental health problems. Systematic Review Registration: https://www.crd.york.ac.uk/prospero/display_record.php?ID=CRD42021237303, identifier: CRD42021237303.
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