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https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12394/9950| Title: | Association between sleep quality and sleep paralysis in medical students from a private university in Paraguay |
| Authors: | Coronel-Ocampos, Johanna Magalí Gómez-Servín, Jonathan Ulises Aveiro-Róbalo, Telmo Raúl Garlisi-Torales, Luciana Daniela Valladares-garrido, Mario J. |
| Keywords: | Calidad del sueño Parálisis Estudiante de medicina |
| Publisher: | Universidad Continental |
| Issue Date: | 2020 |
| metadata.dc.date.available: | 20-Aug-2021 |
| Citation: | Coronel, J., Gómez, J., Aveiro, T., Garlisi, L., Valladares, M. (2020). Association between sleep quality and sleep paralysis in medical students from a private university in Paraguay. Pakistan Journal of Medical and Health Sciences, 47(2). |
| Description: | Background: The influence of sleep quality in sleep paralysis has not been widely documented in medical students, although they are exposed to high academic loads in undergraduate studies. Aim: To determine the association between sleep quality and paralysis in medical students from Paraguay. Methods: Analytical cross-sectional study in first- and second-year medical students at Universidad del Pacífico, Paraguay in 2018. The questionnaire was self-administered and consisted of socio-educational data (age and sex), index of Pitsburgh sleep quality and self-reported sleep paralysis. Simple and multiple regression models were built, estimating prevalence ratios. Results: Of 329 medical students, the majority were male (34.7%) and the median age was 19 years. 48.3% and 47.1% presented poor quality of sleep and sleep paralysis; respectively. Poor sleepers had a 40% higher frequency of reporting sleep paralysis (PR = 1.40). Men had a 28% lower frequency of reporting sleep paralysis (PR = 0.72). For each additional year of age, the frequency of sleep paralysis decreased 14% (PR = 0.86). Conclusion: Almost half were poor sleepers and suffered from sleep paralysis. Our findings suggest that there is a positive association between quality and sleep paralysis. Additionally, sex and age were also factors associated with a higher frequency of sleep paralysis in medical students. |
| metadata.dc.relation: | https://pjmhsonline.com/july-sep-2020?product_id=9163 |
| Extension: | p. 1162-1166 |
| metadata.dc.rights.accessRights: | Acceso abierto |
| Appears in Collections: | Artículos Científicos |
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