THE SLEEP QUALITY OF UNIMAS NURSING STUDENTS THROUGHOUT THE THEORY- AND PRACTICUM-BASED COURSES

CONNIE, NGU KOR NEE (2023) THE SLEEP QUALITY OF UNIMAS NURSING STUDENTS THROUGHOUT THE THEORY- AND PRACTICUM-BASED COURSES. [Final Year Project Report] (Unpublished)

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Abstract

Sleep is a physiological need of human, is essential for the body to maintain good health, daily physical and mental performance and good quality of life (Correia et al., 2022). Mangekar et al. (2022) in India, Kesgin and Çağlar (2020) and Yilmaz et al. (2017) in Turkey, as well as Dharmarathna and Jayamaha (2021) in Sri Lanka get the similar research results that there are more nursing students have poor sleep quality. Hence, this study is carried out to assess the sleep quality among UNIMAS nursing students during theory- and practicum-based courses and to compare the difference in sleep quality among these two different periods. A descriptive quantitative cross-sectional study is carried out among 135 nursing students at Faculty Medicine and Science Health, UNIMAS Main Campus, Kota Samarahan, Sarawak. A self�administered questionnaire was distributed to the randomly selected students to collect data. The collected data was analysed by utilizing IBM SPSS version 26. During the theory-based courses, 80% of students (n = 108) had PSQI scores >5, indicating poor sleep. While, 20% of students (n = 27) reported to have good sleep. The mean PSQI score of nursing students during theory-based courses is 8.25 (SD = 2.857). During the practicum-based courses, 80.7% of students (n = 109) had PSQI scores >5, indicating poor sleep. Only 19.2% of students (n = 26) had good sleep. The mean PSQI score of nursing students is 8.26 (SD = 3.174). The finding of this study shown that there was no significant difference (p = 0.942) in global PSQI scores of nursing students throughout both theory- and practicum-based courses. This highlights the importance of addressing sleep quality issues among UNIMAS nursing students to enhance the academic success, mental health, and future professional performance. Interventions and support systems are needed to improve sleep quality and ensure adequate rest and recovery for students throughout the academic journey.

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