Marshall E Cates1, Andraya Clark2, Thomas W Woolley3, Amy Saunders4. 1. Samford University McWhorter School of Pharmacy, Birmingham, Alabama. 2. Ireland Army Community Hospital, Fort Knox, Kentucky. 3. Samford University Brock School of Business, Birmingham, Alabama. 4. Publix, Birmingham, Alabama.
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: To determine the quality of sleep among pharmacy students in the didactic portion of the curriculum at one school of pharmacy. METHODS: The study consisted of an anonymous, voluntary survey that included the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI), a self-rated instrument that measures sleep habits for a month. RESULTS: The survey was completed by 253 students. Students in the lower grade point average (GPA) category had higher scores on 2 of 7 components of the PSQI and on the global score. Poor sleep quality, indicated by a global PSQI score of greater than 5, was reported by 140 students. The rate of poor sleeping was higher among students in the lower GPA category. CONCLUSION: Poor sleep quality was pervasive among surveyed pharmacy students in the didactic portion of the pharmacy school curriculum, especially among those with lower GPAs.
OBJECTIVE: To determine the quality of sleep among pharmacy students in the didactic portion of the curriculum at one school of pharmacy. METHODS: The study consisted of an anonymous, voluntary survey that included the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI), a self-rated instrument that measures sleep habits for a month. RESULTS: The survey was completed by 253 students. Students in the lower grade point average (GPA) category had higher scores on 2 of 7 components of the PSQI and on the global score. Poor sleep quality, indicated by a global PSQI score of greater than 5, was reported by 140 students. The rate of poor sleeping was higher among students in the lower GPA category. CONCLUSION: Poor sleep quality was pervasive among surveyed pharmacy students in the didactic portion of the pharmacy school curriculum, especially among those with lower GPAs.
Keywords:
grade point average; pharmacy students; sleep
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