Factors Influencing Sleep Quality in Nursing Students and non Nursing Students

Gyung-Hee Kim; Hee Sang Yoon

doi:10.12934/jkpmhn.2013.22.4.320

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Kim and Yoon: Factors Influencing Sleep Quality in Nursing Students and non Nursing Students

Original Article

Journal of Korean Academy of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing 2013; 22(4): 320-329.

Published online: 31 December 2013

DOI: https://doi.org/10.12934/jkpmhn.2013.22.4.320

Factors Influencing Sleep Quality in Nursing Students and non Nursing Students

Gyung-Hee Kim, Hee Sang Yoon

Seoul Woman's College of Nursing, Seoul, Korea.

Corresponding author: Yoon, Hee Sang. Seoul Woman's College of Nursing, 287-79 Hongjae-eong, Seodaemoon-gu, Seoul 120-863, Korea. Tel: +82-2-2287-1743, Fax: +82-2-395-8018, viva826@hanmail.net

Received 20 June 2013 Revised 13 December 2013 Accepted 23 December 2013

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Abstract

Purpose

The purpose of this study was to identify sleep quality according to a sleep model, to examine factors influencing sleep quality in nursing students and non nursing students.

Methods

A cross sectional study was conducted with 154 nursing students and 155 non nursing students at several universities and college in Seoul. A self administrated questionnaire was used for data collection and data were analyzed descriptive statistics, t test or ANOVA, and regression with SPSS/WIN 14.0 program.

Results

Sleep quality of nursing students is lower than non nursing students. Sleep qualities showed significant differences according to academic self efficacy, stress, depression and daytime sleepiness in nursing students and stress, depression and daytime sleepiness in non nursing students. Significant factors influencing sleep quality of nursing students was stress and for non nursing students, daytime sleepiness.

Conclusion

The findings indicated the importance of sleep hygiene education for nursing students is that results in sleep quality.

Keywords: Student, Nursing, Sleep

Figures and Tables

Figure 1

Conceptual framework of this study.

Table 1

General Characteristics of Subjects (N=309)

Table 2

Characteristics of Sleep Quality (N=309)

Table 3

Degree of Sleep Quality between Nursing Student and Non Nursing Student (N=309)

PSQI=Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index.

Table 4

Comparison of Sleep Quality according to Sleep Model (N=309)

Table 5

Factors Influencing Sleep Quality

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