Sleep disorders among university students
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2016
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UMT.Lahore
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The objective of this research was to identify the prevalence of sleep disorders in university students. After reviewing the literature, it was determined that most of the students populations are suffering from sleep disturbances and sleep problems. To identify those problems and associated factors, a sample of 311 university students were selected from 6 different universities of Lahore, using the stratified sampling technique. The sample consisted of 152 men and 159 women from BS/MSC and MS/MPhil level. The participants were assessed on Sleep 50 questionnaire (Spoormaker, 2005) and Depression, Anxiety and Stress Scale (DASS) (Lovibond, 1995) along with few demographic questions. Findings of the study revealed the positive correlation of depression, anxiety and stress with sleep disorders but negative correlation with Cumulative Grade Point Average (CGPA).Multivariate Analysis of Variance (MANOVA) was used to identify the group differences on the basis of gender, addiction, type of the cell phone and job status. The results show women, feature phone users and students involved in addiction and part time jobs are more inclined towards sleep disorders.