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COVID-19 pandemic decreased sleep quality of medical students.
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- Sleep Quality and Associated Lifestyle Factors Among Medical Students Before and After the COVID-19 Era-A Comparative Study from Romania.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2026Article
- Sleep quality and associated factors in Latin American medical students: a cross-sectional and multicenter study.BMC public health · 2025Article
- Stress and Interpersonal Relationships in Medical Students During Public Health Emergencies: A Network Analysis.Advances in medical education and practice · 2025Article
- Association of sleep hygiene knowledge and physical activity with sleep quality in nursing and medical students: a cross-sectional study.Frontiers in sports and active living · 2025Article
- Depression and suicidal ideation among Chinese college students during the COVID-19 pandemic: the mediating roles of chronotype and sleep quality.BMC psychiatry · 2024Article
- Serial mediation effect of physical activity and sleep quality between dietary behaviour and depression symptoms: A nationwide cross-sectional survey.Journal of global health · 2024Article
- Survey on the Mental Health of Dispensing Pharmacists in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Region (France).International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Observational
- The Worldwide Prevalence of Sleep Problems Among Medical Students by Problem, Country, and COVID-19 Status: a Systematic Review, Meta-analysis, and Meta-regression of 109 Studies Involving 59427 Participants.Current sleep medicine reports · 2023Review
- Physical exercise/sports ameliorate the internet addiction from college students during the pandemic of COVID-19 in China.Frontiers in public health · 2023Article
- Correlation Between Chronotypes and Depressive Symptoms Mediated by Sleep Quality Among Chinese College Students During the COVID-19 Pandemic.Nature and science of sleep · 2023Article
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Abstract
Objective: Medical students are especially vulnerable to situations of poor sleep quality due to academic demands. The COVID-19 pandemic brought significant changes and high psychological stress, causing a great impact on this population. Here we aim to analyze the influence of the pandemic on the sleep quality of medical students. Methods: Cross-sectional, observational, and descriptive study with a quantitative approach carried out with students from medical universities in Rio Grande do Norte state (Brazil) through the online application of two questionnaires: Pittsburgh sleep quality index (PSQI-BR) and sociodemographic questionnaire (SQ). Results: A total of 142 medical students participated in this study: 103 women and 39 men. We observed a prevalence of low sleep quality in 78.16% of the sample and that the pandemic significantly affected the sleep quality among medical students ( Discussion: This rate of poor sleep quality is higher than the prevalence of periods before the pandemic (58%). Concerns about COVID-19's negative impact on medical education, delayed training, and impact on the generation of medical jobs can directly aggravate the sleep quality. Conclusion: The COVID-19 pandemic negatively influenced the sleep quality of medical students, increasing the prevalence of poor sleep quality and promoting changes in the sleep pattern.
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