What is it about?
Poor quality of sleep and excessive daytime sleepiness affect cognitive ability and have a negative impact on the academic performance of medical students. This study aims to determine the prevalence of excessive daytime sleepiness, sleep quality and psychologocal distress.
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Why is it important?
A poor sleep quality determined by PSQI ≥5 was related to poor academic achievement at the end of the study year in medical students.
Perspectives
This warrants giving attention to this important aspect in medical students’ life through educational interventions. With these findings, awareness about the negative impacts of sleep disturbances on academic performance can be raised by both teaching staff and medical students. Therefore, measures to improve sleep habits among medical students are highly recommended.
Abdelkader Jalil El Hangouche
Laboratoire de physiologie faculté de médecine etcde pharmacie de Tanger. Université abdelmaalel essadi tanger. Maroc
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This page is a summary of: Relationship between poor quality sleep, excessive daytime sleepiness and low academic performance in medical students, Advances in Medical Education and Practice, September 2018, Dove Medical Press,
DOI: 10.2147/amep.s162350.
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