Abstract
Background
Lack of sleep and on going sleep disorder can affect family health and interpersonal relationships.
Objective
The aim of study was to investigate the association between sleep quality and the probable determinants of quality of life among students of a public health faculty at Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences (SBMU) in the 2015 academic year.
Methods
The data from a cross-sectional study of 275 students that randomly stratified sampling between different classes of college students of a public health faculty of Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences were used in this study. The data were collected using a structured questionnaire consisted of modules on socio-demographic characteristics, the Petersburg Standardized Sleep Quality Questionnaire(PSQL) and the World Health Organization Quality of Life Questionnaire (WHOQOL-BREF). Data analysis was done with descriptive and logistic regression. All analyses were carried out using SPSS software V.19.
Results
A total of 275 students participated in this study. The mean age ± standard deviation (SD) was 22.1 ± 3.6 years. In the univariable model, students that were living in their own homes had the odds of 2.18 times more than the others to have a higher quality of life level [95% confidence interval (CI): 1.07–4.45]. Moreover, sleep disorder was negatively associated with the quality of life [odds ratio (OR) = 0.23; 95% CI: 0.12–0.46].
Conclusion
These results will help university administrators and policy makers to identify factors associated with poor sleep and provide approaches to enhance sleep hygiene and relevant knowledge in university students. Living in a dormitoy while also suffering from sleep problems could significantly reduce the quality of life.
Acknowledgments
The authors would like to thank Elaheh Ahounbar for her assistance during the preparation of this manuscript.
Conflict of interest: None of the authors has any conflict of interest.
Informed consent: Informed consent was obtained from all individual participants included in the study.
Authors contributions: Study design: OR and BA. Data synthesis: JH and YM. Drafting the manuscript: MN and FF. Critical revision of the manuscript: BA.
Funding: This research was funded by Student Research Committee, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences.
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