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Aspect Of Sleep Quality Amid Undergraduate Medical Students In Correlation With Bmi., Pooja Pallavi, Suma Nataraj, Arun Gopi, Shobha Chikkavaddaragudi Ramachandra, Prashant Vishwanath, Akila Prashant
Aspect Of Sleep Quality Amid Undergraduate Medical Students In Correlation With Bmi., Pooja Pallavi, Suma Nataraj, Arun Gopi, Shobha Chikkavaddaragudi Ramachandra, Prashant Vishwanath, Akila Prashant
International Journal of Health and Allied Sciences
Purpose: This study aimed to assess the quality of sleep among medical undergraduates from different phases of the medical program using the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI) and to study the association of body mass index (BMI) with the quality of sleep among them. Material and Methods: Sleep quality was assessed among 482 medical undergraduates using the PSQI. Students undergoing treatment for psychiatric illness, diabetes or hypertension, history of alcohol consumption, and smoking were excluded from the study. Obesity was ascertained by calculating the BMI and categorized into 2 groups of23.0 according to the World Health Organization (WHO) guidelines for …