Volume 26, Issue 128, October 2022

Prevalence and different management of sleep disorders among medical students, Umm Alqura University Makkah, Saudi Arabia

Fawaz Saeed Baalaraj^1♦, Bassam Musleh Bin Laswad¹, Dyaa Esam Habeeb¹, Mutaz Ghazi Alshaikh¹, Mohammed Hussain Almatrafi¹, Mansour Matar Alafifi¹, Mokhtar Mahfouz Shatla^2,3

¹Medical student, College of Medicine, Umm Al-Qura University, Makkah, Saudi Arabia
²Department of Family Medicine, College of Medicine, Menoufia University, Menoufia, Egypt
³Department of Community Medicine and Pilgrims Health Care, College of Medicine, Umm Al-Qura University, Makkah, Saudi Arabia

^♦Corresponding author
Medical student, College of Medicine, Umm Al-Qura University, Makkah, Saudi Arabia

ABSTRACT

Background: Sleep is a reversible state of disconnection from the environment which helps the body and mind to recover and rest. Sleep could be interrupted by a numerous number of disorders and suffering from sleep disorders could affect a person physically and mentally. This study was done to assess the prevalence of sleep disorders and different modalities of using sleep medicine to improve sleep quality among medical students of Umm Al-Qura University. Methods: A descriptive cross-sectional study conducted at Umm Al-Qura University in Makkah, Saudi Arabia using electronic survey in September 2021. The study population was Umm Al-Qura university undergraduate medical students from the 2nd year to intern level. In Results: Of the 342 students who participated in the study, 55.6% of them had at least one sleep disturbance. Narcolepsy was the most often reported sleep condition among students (43.9%), followed by insomnia (29.5%). According to the data, 38.6% of people in our population sleep between 6 and 8 hours per day, compared to 47.4% who sleep less than 6 hours daily. While interns made the fewest complaints about sleep issues, second-year medical students made the most. Conclusion: Our study found that sleep disorders prevalence is high among medical students. We recommend increasing the awareness about the important of sleep and activating the role of academic mentors or advisors and provide the support for junior medical students.

Keywords: management, sleep disorders, medical students, Makkah, Saudi Arabia

Medical Science, 2022, 26, ms422e2424

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.54905/disssi/v26i128/ms422e2424

Published: 24 October 2022