None listed
Conditions
Interventions
None listed
Sponsors
KMC Manipal
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Consenting students from 4th year MBBS, who have passed their 3rd Professional exam and students from 1st/ 2nd year MBBS students who have just finished their first professional, studying in Kasturba Medical College, Manipal.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Students on medications like anti-epileptics, antipsychotic, those undergoing major life changes(stress) or having preexisting medically diagnosed disorders such as chronic insomnia, sleep apnea, restless leg syndrome, narcolepsy, sleepwalking and other central causes of sleep disturbances will be excluded from the study.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Measure the number of hours of sleep at night in first year and final years MBBS students and its correlation with academic performance (total % of marks).Timepoint: Study will be conducted during a period of no exams so that students are free of stress and to record their sleep pattern in routine days. | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| 1. To assess daytime sleepiness using Epworth Daytime Sleepiness Scale. 2. Total percentage of marks obtained after combining marks of all subjects in exams of respective years. 3. To assess the correlation between of hours of sleep at night and social behaviour. 4. To find the factors responsible for sleep deprivation in MBBS medical students.Timepoint: Study will be conducted during a period of no exams so that students are free of stress and to record their sleep pattern in routine days. | — |
Countries
India
Contacts
Public ContactDr Bharti Chogtu Magazine
Kasturba Medical College
Outcome results
None listed