Calidad del sueño en estudiantes de la carrera de medicina de quinto semestre de una universidad oficial de Panamá

Abstract

The quality of sleep is the impression that everyone has on their development when sleeping, factors such as hours of sleep incur in this, experts refer an average of 7 to 8 hours a day for a good recovery of the body. An investigation was carried out on the quality of sleep in fifth semester medical students at an official university in Panama, with the purpose of determining its status. A descriptive, non-experimental cross-sectional research was conducted with a sample of 81 students. For the data collection process, the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (ICSP) was used, which assesses the quality of sleep and its clinical alterations during the previous month, which is important to meet the objective set. In the results, it could be observed that all the students have poor quality of sleep, which could lead to the development of sleep disorders or other serious complications.