As a group, medical students are particularly susceptible to sleep disorders, due to their full-time course load, extracurricular activities, and heavy pressure and stress, with the demand for high yield and extensive study time. The aim of this study was to evaluate the sleeping habits of medical students and residents at the School of Medicine, Federal University in Goiás, in order to identify the principal factors that affect quality of sleep. The study analyzed a sample of 276 individuals, including 234 (84.7%) undergraduate medical students and 42 (18.2%) residents. The study used the questionnaire for the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI) and the Epworth Sleepiness Scale (ESS). Analysis of the questionnaires showed a statistically significant association between sleepiness and quality of sleep (RR: 1.108; 95%CI 1.0047 - 1.2240). The study showed that students with excessive daytime sleepiness present worse quality of sleep, and that there was a significant variation in the prevalence of excessive daytime sleepiness and poor quality of sleep when comparing first year undergraduates and residents.
Disorders of excessive somnolence; Education, medical; Students, medical; Sleep; Sleep disorders
