Daytime sleepiness and academic performance in medical students

Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria

Raimundo Nonato D. Rodrigues¹  Carlos A.a. Viegas¹  Aída A.a. Abreu E Silva¹  Paulo Tavares¹ 

[1] ,Universidade de Brasília Hospital Universitário Sleep CenterBrasília DF ,Brazil

关键词: Epworth Sleepiness Scale;    daytime sleepiness;    medical students;    academic performance;    Escala de Sonolência de Epworth;    sonolência diurna excessiva;    estudantes de medicina;    desempenho acadêmico;   

DOI  :  10.1590/S0004-282X2002000100002

来源: SciELO

【 摘 要 】

This report presents an analysis of the complaints of increasing daytime sleepiness as well as a study on their possible effects on the academic performance of medical students at the University of Brasilia. The Epworth Sleepiness Scale was applied to 172 medical students, at the beginning of August 1997 and at the end of November 1997. Academic performance was measured by analyzing the number of SS grades (from 9.0 to 10 over ten) and MM grades (from 5.0 to 6.9) attained in exams at the end of that school period. The results showed that at the beginning of the semester, 68 (39.53%) of these 172 students already presented with excessive daytime sleepiness, and that of the 104 remaining students, 38 (22%) developed daytime sleepiness by the end of the semester. Furthermore, it was observed that the sleepier students did not achieve as well as the others on their final examinations.

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