TY - JOUR
T1 - Sleep Quality and Mental Health in Students at a Jungle University in Peru
T2 - A Cross-sectional Study During COVID-19 Pandemic Confinement
AU - Murrieta-Ruiz, Valentina
AU - Reátegui-Garcia, Martin E.
AU - De-Los-Rios-Pinto, Abraham
AU - Reategui-Garcia, Jefferson
AU - Benito-Vargas, Raysa M.
AU - Caira-Chuquineyra, Brenda
AU - Fernandez-Guzman, Daniel
AU - Salazar Granara, Alberto
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2023 Asociación Colombiana de Psiquiatría
PY - 2023
Y1 - 2023
N2 - Objective: The objective was to evaluate the association between sleep quality and mental health in students at a jungle university in Peru. Materials and methods: An analytical cross-sectional study was conducted on university students ≥18 years old during September and November 2020. Mental health status was measured with General Health Questionnaire (GHQ-12), and sleep quality with the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI). The association was assessed using linear regression models, and crude (βc) and adjusted (βa) beta regression coefficients with their respective 95% confidence intervals (95%CI) were estimated. Results: Two hundred and seventy-nine students were evaluated, 35.1% were 20–21 years old and 56.6% were male. The mean PSQI was 7.9 ± 3.2, and 75.3% presented sleep problems. The mean GHQ-12 was 14.0 ± 6.6, and 57.7% showed suspected psychopathology. The total sleep quality score (βa = 0.36; 95% CI: 0.11–0.61; p = 0.005), as well as, higher component scores, subjective sleep quality (βa = 1.57; 95% CI: 0.28–2.87; p = 0.018), sleep duration (βa = 1.25; 95% CI: 0.35–2.16; p = 0.007), hypnotic medication use (βa = 1.79; 95% CI: 0.43–3.15; p = 0.010), and daytime dysfunction (βa = 1.15; 95% CI: 0.10–2.19; p = 0.032), were associated with worse mental health status score. Conclusion: After 6 months of initiation of COVID-19 confinement, the frequency of sleep disturbance and mental health were elevated. Sleep quality disturbance was associated with worse mental health status.
AB - Objective: The objective was to evaluate the association between sleep quality and mental health in students at a jungle university in Peru. Materials and methods: An analytical cross-sectional study was conducted on university students ≥18 years old during September and November 2020. Mental health status was measured with General Health Questionnaire (GHQ-12), and sleep quality with the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI). The association was assessed using linear regression models, and crude (βc) and adjusted (βa) beta regression coefficients with their respective 95% confidence intervals (95%CI) were estimated. Results: Two hundred and seventy-nine students were evaluated, 35.1% were 20–21 years old and 56.6% were male. The mean PSQI was 7.9 ± 3.2, and 75.3% presented sleep problems. The mean GHQ-12 was 14.0 ± 6.6, and 57.7% showed suspected psychopathology. The total sleep quality score (βa = 0.36; 95% CI: 0.11–0.61; p = 0.005), as well as, higher component scores, subjective sleep quality (βa = 1.57; 95% CI: 0.28–2.87; p = 0.018), sleep duration (βa = 1.25; 95% CI: 0.35–2.16; p = 0.007), hypnotic medication use (βa = 1.79; 95% CI: 0.43–3.15; p = 0.010), and daytime dysfunction (βa = 1.15; 95% CI: 0.10–2.19; p = 0.032), were associated with worse mental health status score. Conclusion: After 6 months of initiation of COVID-19 confinement, the frequency of sleep disturbance and mental health were elevated. Sleep quality disturbance was associated with worse mental health status.
KW - COVID-19
KW - Mental health
KW - Peru
KW - Sleep quality
KW - Students
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U2 - 10.1016/j.rcp.2023.11.005
DO - 10.1016/j.rcp.2023.11.005
M3 - Artículo
AN - SCOPUS:85180589139
SN - 0034-7450
JO - Revista Colombiana de Psiquiatria
JF - Revista Colombiana de Psiquiatria
ER -
