Good sleep includs not only the quantity but also the quality of sleep. The aim of our study was to evaluate the sleep quality, sleepiness and sleep hygiene of college students. The sample was drawn from the sophomore of an university in sourthern Taiwan (n=300, effective samples=145), and a self-reported questionnaire with Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI), Epworth Sleepiness Scale (ESS), and revised ASHS were used. The average age of students was 20 years, and average BMI was 20.80±2.67. BMI of both male and female students were within the normal range, which were 22.04±2.94 and 20.48±2.52, respectively. Results showed the average PSQI was 5.83±2.94, 49.3% of the students had low sleep quality. The average ESS was 8.50±3.62, 57.2% and 1.4% of students had moderate and severe sleepiness, respectively. The above high percentage of sleepiness may due to 84.6% of students had inadequate sleep hygiene. The average sleep hygiene score of college students was 9.76±2.31. There is no gender difference in sleep quality and sleepiness. But if the factors of PSQI were analyzed, we found female students had significantly longer effective sleep duration than male, and the self-estimated sleep time of female was more accurate than male. When we grouped the students into ”good sleep hygiene” and ”bad sleep hygiene”, the results showed that students with good sleep hygiene significantly had less degree of sleepiness (ESS: 6.37±2.93 vs. 8.83±3.62, p<0.0l). Compared with the global scores defined as good sleeper, normal sleepiness and fair sleep hygiene, the sleep quality (t=3.419, p0.001), sleepiness (t=4.994, p=0.000) and sleep hygiene (t=13.215, p0.000) of students were significantly worse. Under such severe circumstances; it definitely will bring an impact on the study capacity of young students. To prevent this negative effect, the following should be addressed: firstly, young students should establish the proper perceptions for sleep, and second, they have to build up a correct sleep hygiene, and finally, they should learn to well manage their time, so that fair sleep quality in accompany with better learning spirit will be the integral goal.
Good sleep includs not only the quantity but also the quality of sleep. The aim of our study was to evaluate the sleep quality, sleepiness and sleep hygiene of college students. The sample was drawn from the sophomore of an university in sourthern Taiwan (n=300, effective samples=145), and a self-reported questionnaire with Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI), Epworth Sleepiness Scale (ESS), and revised ASHS were used. The average age of students was 20 years, and average BMI was 20.80±2.67. BMI of both male and female students were within the normal range, which were 22.04±2.94 and 20.48±2.52, respectively. Results showed the average PSQI was 5.83±2.94, 49.3% of the students had low sleep quality. The average ESS was 8.50±3.62, 57.2% and 1.4% of students had moderate and severe sleepiness, respectively. The above high percentage of sleepiness may due to 84.6% of students had inadequate sleep hygiene. The average sleep hygiene score of college students was 9.76±2.31. There is no gender difference in sleep quality and sleepiness. But if the factors of PSQI were analyzed, we found female students had significantly longer effective sleep duration than male, and the self-estimated sleep time of female was more accurate than male. When we grouped the students into ”good sleep hygiene” and ”bad sleep hygiene”, the results showed that students with good sleep hygiene significantly had less degree of sleepiness (ESS: 6.37±2.93 vs. 8.83±3.62, p<0.0l). Compared with the global scores defined as good sleeper, normal sleepiness and fair sleep hygiene, the sleep quality (t=3.419, p0.001), sleepiness (t=4.994, p=0.000) and sleep hygiene (t=13.215, p0.000) of students were significantly worse. Under such severe circumstances; it definitely will bring an impact on the study capacity of young students. To prevent this negative effect, the following should be addressed: firstly, young students should establish the proper perceptions for sleep, and second, they have to build up a correct sleep hygiene, and finally, they should learn to well manage their time, so that fair sleep quality in accompany with better learning spirit will be the integral goal.