ABSTRACT

Objective: The aim of this study is to determine the frequency of insomnia among medical students.

Study Design:Descriptive cross sectional study

Place and Duration: Study was conducted at Khairpur Medical College, Khairpur Mirs for duration of four months from January, 2019 to April, 2019.

Methods: Total 150 students of both genders were presented in this study. Patients detailed demographics age, sex and body mass index were recorded after taking written consent. Patients were aged between 18-30 years. Frequency of insomnia was calculated by using Athens Insomnia Scale (AIS). Social economic and marital status was also calculated among enrolled cases. Complete data was analyzed by SPSS 24.0 version.

Results: 80 (53.3%) patients were males and 70 (46.7%) patients were females. Mean age of the patients were 23.14±3.8 years with mean BMI 21.22±5.26 kg/m2. According to socio economic status, 110 (73.3%) were from middle class and 40 (26.7%) were from upper class. 18 (12%) patients were married and 132 (88%) patients were unmarried. By using AIS scale frequency of insomnia was observed among 55 (36.7%) patients, in which most of the students were females 30 (54.5%).

Conclusion: We concluded in this study that prevalence of insomnia among medical students were highly effected because of stress of over and late night study to obtained good grades. Its prevalence was highly observed in increase age. Moreover, it can be reduced to complete sleeping hours (8-10) at night.

Keywords: Medical students, insomnia, demographic, AIS scale