Stress and quality of sleep in undergraduate nursing students

descriptive and cross-sectional research developed in a higher education institution in Northeastern Brazil on 167 students. We used data collection, sociodemographic information, and a scale for assessing stress and sleep quality in nursing students.

Results:

we identified a statistically significant difference between domains of the stress scale and the terms of the undergraduate program, and between the quality of sleep and such terms such as as in the fourth and sixth semesters.

Conclusion:

different stress scores show that the semester which concerns students the most is the fifth. Quality of sleep was deemed good for the first, third, fifth, seventh, and eighth semesters; and poor for the fourth and sixth terms.

Descriptors:
Stress; Sleep; Students; Nursing; Sleep Deprivation

Variáveis		n (%)
Sex	Men	16 (9.58)
	Women	151 (90.41)
Marital status	Single	156 (93.41)
	Married	7 (4.19)
	Other	4 (2.39)
Children	Yes	5 (3.00)
	No	162 (97.00)
Have a job	Yes	11 (6.58)
	No	156 (93.41)
Usually drink coffee or tea	Yes	110 (65.86)
	No	57 (34.13)
Use of sleeping medications	Yes	16 (9.58)
	No	150 (89.82)
	Sometimes	1 (0.59)
Consumption of alcoholic beverages to sleep	Yes	46 (27.54)
	No	121 (72.45)
Use of medications in general	Yes	19 (11.37)
	No	148 (88.62)
Socially drink alcoholic beverages	Yes	122 (73.05)
	No	45 (26.94)
Have your own vehicle	Yes	28 (16.76)
	No	139 (83.23)
Engage in physical activity	Yes	76 (45.50)
	No	90 (53.89)
	Sometimes	1 (0.59)

Stress levels	Program semesters
	1^st term	3^rd term	4^th term	5^th term	6^th term	7^th term	8^th term	Total
	n (%)	n (%)	n (%)	n (%)	n (%)	n (%)	n (%)	n (%)
Low	13 (7.8)	11 (6.6)	11 (6.6)	13 (7.8)	4 (2.4)	9 (5.4)	7 (4.2)	68 (40.7)
Moderate	5 (3.0)	3 (1.8)	9 (5.4)	18 (10.8)	6 (3.6)	4 (2.4)	11(6.6)	56 (33.5)
High	2 (1.2)	1 (0.6)	4 (2.4)	4 (2.4)	7 (4.2)	2 (1.2)	2 (1.2)	22 (13.2)
Very high	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)	6 (3.6)	4 (2.4)	6 (3.6)	3 (1.8)	2 (1.2)	21 (12.6)
Total	20 (1.0)	15 (9.0)	30 (18.0)	39 (23.4)	23 (13.8)	18 (10.8)	22 (13.2)	167 (100)

Variable	Semester	n	Average	Standard deviation	p value
Domain 1: Performing practical activities	1	20	6.65	4.23	< 0.0001
	3	15	7.47	3.52
	4	30	11.07	3.31
	5	39	10.79	2.44
	6	23	12.35	2.98
	7	18	10.11	3.60
	8	22	10.68	2.61
Domain 2: Professional communication	1	20	3.20	2.53	< 0.0001
	3	15	3.67	2.92
	4	30	5.63	2.86
	5	39	6.23	2.21
	6	23	6.13	2.30
	7	18	6.89	2.32
	8	22	6.18	1.56
Domain 3: Time management	1	20	9.20	3.27	0.1133
	3	15	11.07	1.39
	4	30	10.70	2.34
	5	39	10.03	2.85
	6	23	11.70	2.20
	7	18	10.56	3.76
	8	22	10.91	2.79
Domain 4: Environment	1	20	7.20	2.65	0.1389
	3	15	6.87	3.00
	4	30	8.73	2.79
	5	39	7.92	2.68
	6	23	8.91	2.70
	7	18	7.61	2.52
	8	22	7.59	2.02
Domain 5: Professional training	1	20	8.45	3.39	< 0.0001
	3	15	7.87	2.03
	4	30	10.93	3.74
	5	39	11.44	2.92
	6	23	12.09	2.84
	7	18	11.89	3.53
	8	22	11.36	2.92
Domain 6: Theoretical activity	1	20	8.95	2.96	0.0107
	3	15	10.86	2.07
	4	30	8.93	2.89
	5	39	10.18	2.69
	6	23	10.65	2.84
	7	18	8.22	2.10
	8	22	9.36	2.22

Semester	Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index Classification				p value^* * p value obtained by the Chi-square test.
	Good		Poor
	n	%	n	%
1	14	56.00	6	44.00	< 0,0001
3	9	60.00	6	40.00
4	8	26.66	22	73.33
5	39	100.00	0	0.00
6	5	21.74	18	78.26
7	18	100.00	0	0.00
8	15	68.18	7	31.81

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[1] Corresponding author: Kézia Katiane Medeiros da Silva. E-mail: kezia_taty@hotmail.com