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Factors Affecting Sleep Quality Among the University Students in Bangladesh: A Cross-Sectional Structured Interview Study

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Abstract

Objective

The main objective of the present study was to investigate the association of risk factors on sleep quality of Bangladeshi university students.

Method

A total of 332 students participated in a cross-sectional structured interview study.

Result

Utilizing the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index, the overall prevalence of poor sleep quality among the students was 66.6%, and the prevalence was higher among the female students (81.4%). Females had a 4.1 times higher risk of having poor sleep quality (AOR = 4.12, 95% CI 2.15–7.86, p < .001). Students who usually slept less than 7 h at night had 8.4 times higher risk of being a poor sleeper (AOR = 8.41, 95% CI 4.42–16.01, p < .001) compared to those who slept 7 h or more at night. Duration of bedtime social media use was highly associated with poor sleep quality. Those who used social media 1 h or more before bedtime were 4.3 times more likely to have poor sleep quality compared to those who did not use social media at all before bedtime (AOR = 4.33, 95% CI 1.38–13.51, p = .012).

Conclusion

Prevalence of poor sleep quality was found very high among the Bangladeshi university students. Being female, having less sleep a night, and spending more than an hour using social media before sleep were independent predictors of poor sleep quality.

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  1. Department of Community Health and Hygiene, Faculty of Nutrition and Food Science, Patuakhali Science and Technology University, Dumki, Patuakhali, 8602, Bangladesh

    Md. Sabbir Ahmed & Liton Chandra Sen

  2. BRAC Institute of Educational Development, BRAC University, House 113/A, Road 2, Niketan, Gulshan 1, Dhaka, 1212, Bangladesh

    Safayet Khan

  3. Department of Public Health & Informatics, Jahangirnagar University, Savar, Dhaka, 1342, Bangladesh

    Kamrul Hsan

  4. Humanitarian Response Organization, Dhaka, Bangladesh

    Kamrul Hsan

  5. College of Pharmacy and Nutrition, The University of Saskatchewan, 104 Clinic Place, Saskatoon, SK, S7N 2Z4, Canada

    Fakir Md Yunus

  6. Psychology Department, Nottingham Trent University, 50 Shakespeare Street, Nottingham, NG1 4FQ, UK

    Mark D. Griffiths

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MSA: conceptualization, data curation, formal analysis, writing—original draft, Validation. SK: writing—original draft, validation, KH: writing—original draft, validation, LCS: writing—review and editing, validation, FMY: conceptualization, data analysis, writing—review and editing, validation, MDG: writing—review and editing, validation.

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Study protocol was approved by the Institutional Ethical Committee (IEC) of Patuakhali Science and Technology University, Patuakhali, Bangladesh (reference no. PSTU/IEC/2019/03; Date: 10-07-2019).

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Ahmed, M.S., Khan, S., Hsan, K. et al. Factors Affecting Sleep Quality Among the University Students in Bangladesh: A Cross-Sectional Structured Interview Study. Sleep Vigilance 4, 177–184 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s41782-020-00106-4

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