Vol. 5 (11) pp. 1261-1272 DOI: 10.21474/IJAR01/5894

SLEEP PATTERN AND ITS RELATED FACTORS IN RELATION TO COLLEGE STUDENTS ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE ALMAAREFA COLLEGES, RIYADH, SAUDI ARABIA 2014/2015.

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Introduction: Most people need to sleep around 8 hours per night or day, depending on the time they prefer to sleep. This is especially true for college students since the deep sleep that occurs early during the night, and the dream stage of sleep that occurs later during the night are both required for learning. The goal of this research was to explore and understand the sleep patterns, and its related factors and their association with the academic performance among medical college students. Methodology: An observational, cross-sectional university-based study was conducted in early March 2015 in Almaarefah colleges. One hundred female undergraduate students of all majors of AlMaarefa were included. A self-administered questionnaire was used, and the data was analyzed using SPSS. Results: The research showed that 51% of those who had continuous night sleep and 6-8 hours of sleep during weekdays had an improved grade point average (GPA). While 75% of those who had interrupted night sleep and more or less than 6 hours of sleep during weekdays showed lower levels in their GPA, which was statistically significant with value of (p=. 0014). The research also showed that 74% of those who nap during the day have a rather normal sleep pattern, whereas 56% of those who don\'t have naps have a disturbed sleep pattern. On the other hand, stress and frequent nightmares negatively affected the sleep pattern. Conclusion: A good academic performance in Almaarefah health students is highly associated with a good 6-8 hours of sleep. Also, good sleep was associated with naps and continuous night sleeps, which extended to affect the performance positively.

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Mona Hassan, Areen Al- Harbi, Asma Mohameden, Aisha NajiMohiuddin, Ghaliah Hamdan Albugami, Hala Ahmed Abuhomoud, Hanan Musa, Israa Mohammed Alammari, Nada Aboalela, Rawan Adel Farhat and Raya Assenay Osman and Razan Badr Alsaad. (2017); SLEEP PATTERN AND ITS RELATED FACTORS IN RELATION TO COLLEGE STUDENTS ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE ALMAAREFA COLLEGES, RIYADH, SAUDI ARABIA 2014/2015., International Journal of Advanced Research (IJAR), 5 (11), 1261-1272, ISSN 2320-5407. DOI: https://doi.org/10.21474/IJAR01/5894

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Hanan Musa
Almaarefa Colleges, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

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