Factores relacionados con la calidad del sueño según el cuestionario de Pittsburgh en estudiantes universitarios de Cali, Colombia

Introduction

Sleep disorders are very common in university students. In Colombia and in the world, they have been studied mainly in medical students; they have seldom been addressed in other health contexts. The objective of this study was to identify factors related to sleep quality in university students in the health and rehabilitation faculty of a university in Cali, Colombia.

Methods

A descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted in which a structured questionnaire — the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index, Colombian version (PSQI-CV) — was administered to students enrolled in the health and rehabilitation faculty of a university in Cali. A binary logistic regression model was developed with statistically significant or theoretically important variables.

Results

A total of 292 students were enrolled in the study; seven out of 10 students were women and half of the population was 18-20 years old. On adjusting for the different variables in the logistic regression model, it was found that the risk of poor sleep quality increased among students who slept for fewer than seven hours (adjusted odds ratio [AOR] 4.81; 95% CI, 2.36-9.80), were women (AOR 3.62; 95% CI, 1.51-8.66) and perceived that they had a worse state of health (AOR 2.92; 95% CI, 1.33-6.39).

Conclusions

Factors related to poor sleep quality among university students in a health and rehabilitation faculty were being women, actively working, having longer sleep latency perceiving themselves to have a worse state of health.