Factors Related to Sleep Quality of Students at Sirindhorn College of Public Khon Kaen

Abstract

This cross-sectional descriptive study aimed to study sleep quality and hygiene, physical environment related to sleep and factors related to sleep quality of students at Sirindhorn College of Public Khon Kaen. Participants were 215 students selected by stratified sampling method. Data were collected by using questionnaires proven by content validity (IOC) = 0.67-1.00 and reliability = 0.7-0.8. Data were analyzed by descriptive statistics in terms of frequency, percentage, mean, standard deviation, minimum, maximum, and also Chi-Square and Fisher's exact test.

The results showed that most of participants were females (88.84%), aged 18-20 years old (53.95%) with the average age about 20.56 years old (SD=1.52) and dental public health students 40.93%. The students’ sleep quality was not good (92.56%) (x̄ =8.40, SD=2.37) and the students’ sleep hygiene was at a moderate level (96.27%) (x̄ =3.07, SD=0.31), e.g. exercising 82.79%, sleeping 79.07% and eating 77.67%. Regarding physical environment related to sleep, the participants had a disturbance problem at a moderate level (52.6%) (x̄ =2.69, SD=0.96) e.g. temperature (41.4%), followed by brightness or darkness in the rooms (36.3%). The physical environmental factor related to sleep quality of students was statistically significant (p-value=0.029).

Suggestions from this study indicate that students should conduct self-assessment about their health, adjust their sleeping habits to facilitate good sleep, e.g. sleeping for 6-8 hours a day and doing relaxation activities before bed. The college should organize and provide suitable environment for sleeping of the college dormitories for students linked to lighting, temperature and noisy, as well as communicate to students for receiving and concerning their needs for improving the dormitories in order to promote good sleep quality of them.