Quality of Sleep among Medical Students: Relationship with Personality Traits
Published: September 1, 2018 | DOI: https://doi.org/10.7860/JCDR/2018/24685.12025
Anurag Rathi, Ramdas Sarjerao Ransing, Kshiord Kumar Mishra, Neena Narula
1. Medical Student, Department of Psychiatry, Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences, Wardha, Maharashtra, India.
2. Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry, BKL Walawalkar Rural Medical College, Sawarde, Ratnagiri, Maharashtra, India.
3. Professor and Head, Department of Psychiatry, Datta Meghe Institute of Medical Sciences, Sawangi Meghe, Maharashtra, India.
4. Clinical Psychologist, Department of Psychiatry, Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences, Wardha, Maharashtra, India.
Correspondence
Dr. Ramdas Sarjerao Ransing,
Department of Psychiatry B.K.L.Walawalkar Rural Medical College, Sawarde, Ratnagiri, Maharashtra, India.
E-mail: ramdas_ransing123@yahoo.co.in
Introduction: Sleep quality affects the academic performance and interpersonal relationship of students and predisposes them to mental illnesses. Personality traits are one of the known factors contributing to the sleep architecture of an individual.
Aim: The present study investigated the relationship between sleep quality and personality traits among medical students.
Materials and Methods: The index study was a cross-sectional, self-administered, and questionnaire-based study. The medical students were assessed using the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI) and the Eysenck Personality Questionnaire-Revised Short Scale for sleep quality and personality traits, respectively.
Results: Among 166 medical students, 54 (32.53%) reported poor sleep quality. Students with poor sleep quality had higher scores on neuroticism (6.24±3.08) than those with good sleep quality (4.23±2.52, p<0.001). Neuroticism was positively correlated with the global score on the PSQI (r=0.39, p<0.001), whereas extraversion was negatively correlated with the global score (r=-0.16, p<0.05).
Conclusion: Neuroticism and extraversion are associated with poor sleep quality among medical students. The effect of sleep disorders on academic performance may be improved by exploring these personality traits in future studies.
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