Relationship between quality of sleep and academic performance Among Female Nursing Students

Abstract

Adolescents reporting inadequate sleep  and or poor sleep quality do not perform as well inschool as students without sleep complaints. This study aimed to assess relationship between quality of sleep and academic performance among femalenursing students. Descriptive research design was used.  The study was carried out at College of Nursing and Allied Health Sciences in Jazan city at kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The study sample was comprised of two hundred female nursing students who agree to participate for the study. The tools of this study were consisting of three instruments to gather the required data. The first; includes socio-demographics characteristics such as age, academic level, the second; Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI):This scale intended to discriminate between good and poor sleepers, the third; Epworth Sleepiness Scale for Daytime Sleep Deprivation Assessment Sheet: This scale used to evaluate daytime sleepiness using the Epworth Sleepiness Scale (ESS). The results of this study showed that 82.5% of students were in second academic year,more than two thirds of students have from six to less than 4 sleeping hours, less than half of them have academic score “average students (GPA <3.75/5). Less than three quarters of them can't fall  asleep within 30 minutes after going to bedfrom one to more than three times per week. Furthermore, near two thirds of students have poor total sleep quality and students with good total sleep quality have good academic score with positive correlation with highly statistically significant difference. This result concluded that many factors are affecting sleep quality for students as more than half of them  can't fall  asleep within 30 minutes after going to bed and have pain from one to three times per week,two thirds of students have good sleep quality. Students with good total sleep quality  have good academic score with positive correlation with highly statistically significant difference.It is recommended that undergraduate nursing students should be educated about the importance of adequate sleep to their academic performance and high score achievement in their study. Sufficient daily sleep may also have an impact on their general physical and psychological wellbeing.