A study on the sleep patterns and problems of university business students in Hong Kong

Journal of American College Health

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 167-176

  Wing, Y K ^a   Tsui, Y Y ^b  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Sleep deprivation; Sleep quality; University business students

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM SLEEP DISORDER; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PHYSIOLOGY; PREVALENCE; PROBABILITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX RATIO; SLEEP; SLEEP DEPRIVATION; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; STUDENT; UNIVERSITY;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; COMMERCE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREVALENCE; PROBABILITY; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SLEEP; SLEEP DEPRIVATION; SLEEP DISORDERS, CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; STUDENTS; UNIVERSITIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70350464853     PISSN: 07448481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07448480903221418     Document Type: Article

References (48)

1. National Institutes of Health. Working group reporton problem sleepiness 1997. Available at: http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/prof/sleep/pslpwg.htm. Accessed April 10, 2005.
2. Yang CM, Wu CH, Hsieh MH, Liu MH, Lu FH. Coping with sleep disturbances among young adults: a survey of first-year college students in Taiwan. Behav Med. 2003;29:133-138.
3. Matsuura N, Hayashi M, Hori T. Comparison of sleep/wake habits of university students with or without a habit of self-awaking. Psychiatry Clin Neurosci. 2002;56:223-224.
4. Hicks RA, Fernandez C, Pellegrini RJ. The changing sleep habits of university students: an update. Percept Mot Skills. 2001;93:648.
5. Hicks RA, Fernandez C, Pellegrini RJ. Striking changes in the sleep satisfaction of university students over the last two decades. Percept Mot Skills. 2001;93:660.
6. Tsai LL, Li SP. Sleep patterns in college students: gender and grade differences. J Psychosom Res. 2004;56:231-237.
7. Buboltz WC, Brown FC, Soper B. Sleep habits and patterns of college students: a preliminary study. J Am Coll Health. 2001;50:131-135.
8. Brown FC, Soper B, Buboltz WC Jr. Prevalence of delayed sleep phase syndrome in university students. Coll Stud J. 2001;35:472-476.
9. Sierra JC, Jimenez-Navarro C, Martin-Ortiz JD. Quality of sleep in university students: the importance of sleep hygiene. Salud Ment. 2002;25:35-43.
10. Ban DJ, Lee TJ. Sleep duration, subjective sleep disturbances and associated factors among university students in Korea.JKorean Med Sci. 2001;16:475-480.
11. Hidalgo MP, Caumo W. Sleep disturbances associated with minor psychiatric disorders in medical students. Neurol Sci. 2002;23:35-39.
12. Kelly WE. Sleep-length and life-satisfaction in a college student sample. Coll Stud J. 2004;38:428-430.
13. Spiegel K, Leproult R, Van Cauter E. Impact of sleep debt on metabolic and endocrine function. Lancet. 1999;354:1435-1439.
14. Pilcher JJ, Ginter DR, Sadowsky B. Sleep quality versus sleep quantity: relationships between sleep and measures of health, well-being and sleepiness in college students. J Psychosom Res. 1997;42:583-596.
15. Pilcher JJ, Ott ES. The relationships between sleep and measures of health and well-being in college students: a repeated measured approach. Behav Med. 1998;23:170-178.
16. Brown FC, Buboltz, WC, Soper, B. Relationship of sleep hygiene awareness, sleep hygiene practices, and sleep quality in university students. Behav Med. 2002;28:33-38.
17. Liu X, Tang M, Hu L, Wang A, Chen K, Zhao G. Sleep quality and its correlates in college students. Chin Ment Health J. 1995;9:148-150.
18. Fukuda K, Ishihara K. Routine evening naps and night-time sleep patterns in junior high and high school students. Psychiatry Clin Neurosci. 2002;56:229-230.
19. Åkerstedt T, Hume K, Minors D, Waterhouse J. Regulation of sleep and naps on an irregular schedule. Sleep. 1993;16:736-743.
20. Wahlstrom K. Later high-school start times still working. Educ Dig. 2003;Feb:49-53.
21. Hansen M, Janssen I, Schiff A, Zee PC, Dubocovich ML. The impact of school daily schedule on adolescent sleep. Pediatrics. 2005;115:1555-1561.
22. Machado E, Varella V, Andrade M. The influence of study schedules and work on the sleep-wake cycle of college students. Biol Rhythm Res. 1998;29:578-584.
23. Daugherty SR, Baldwin DCJ, Rowley BD. Learning, satisfaction, and mistreatment during medical internship: a national survey of working conditions. JAMA. 1998;279:1194-1199.
24. Veldi M, Aluoja A, Vasar V. Sleep quality and more common sleep-related problems in medical students. Sleep Med. 2005;6:269-275.
25. Lam EHL, Chan GTW, Yu M, Wing YK. Are medical students having adequate sleep? Sleep Biol Rhythms. 2007;5:225-229.
26. Wong N, Ahuvia AC. Personal taste and family face: luxury consumption in Confucian and western societies. Psychol Mark. 1998;15:423-441. (Pubitemid 128185942)
27. Kim D, Markham FS, Cangelosi JD. Why students pursue the business degree: a comparison of business majors across universities. J Educ Bus. 2002;78:28-32.
28. Li RH, Wing YK, Ho SC, Fong SY. Gender differences in insomnia-a study in the Hong Kong Chinese population. J Psychosom Res. 2002;53:601-609.
29. Wing YK, Li RH, Lam CW, Ho CK, Fong SY, Leung T. The prevalence of narcolepsy among Chinese in Hong Kong. Ann Neurol. 2002;51:578-584.
30. Broman JE, Lundh LG, Hetta J. Insufficient sleep in the general population. Neurophysiol Clin. 1996;26:30-39.
31. Monk TH, Buysse DJ, Rose LR, Hall JA, Kupfer DJ. The sleep of healthy people-a diary study. Chronobiol Int. 2000;17:49-60.
32. Buysse DJ, Reynolds III CF, Monk TH, Berman SR, Kupfer DJ. The Pittsburgh sleep quality index: a new instrument for psychiatric practice and research. Psychiatry Res. 1988;28:193-213.
33. Liu X, Tang M. A study on reliability and validity of Pittsburgh sleep quality index (Chinese version). Chin J Psychiatry. 1996;29:103-107.
34. PallosH, YamadaN, Doi Y, OkawaM. Sleep habits, prevalence and burden of sleep disturbances among Japanese graduate students. Sleep Biol Rhythms. 2004;2:37-42.
35. Johns MW. A new method for measuring daytime sleepiness: the Epworth Sleepiness Scale. Sleep. 1991;14:540-545.
36. Chung KF. Use of the Epworth Sleepiness Scale in Chinese patients with obstructive sleep apnea and normal hospital employees. J Psychosom Res. 2000;49:367-372.
37. Pan PC, Goldberg DP. A comparison of the validity of GHQ- 12 and CHQ-12 in Chinese primary care patients in Manchester. Psychol Med. 1990;20:931-940.
38. Tait RJ, Hulse GK, Robertson SI. A review of the validity of the General Health Questionnaire in adolescent populations. Aust N Z J Psychiatry. 2002;36:550-557.
39. Holi MM, Marttunen M, Aalberq V. Comparison of the GHQ-36, the GHQ-12 and the SCL-90 as psychiatric screening instruments in the Finnish population. Nord J Psychiatry. 2003;57:233-238.
40. Horne JA, Östberg O. A self-assessment questionnaire to determine morningness-eveningness in human circadian rhythms. Int J Chronobiol. 1976;4:97-110.
41. Adan A, Almirall H. Horne and Östberg morningnesseveningness questionnaire: a reduced scale. Person Individ Diff. 1991;12:241-253.
42. Dusselier L, Dunn B, Wang Y, Shelley MC 2nd, Whalen DF. Personal, health, academic, and environmental predictors of stress for residence hall students. J Am Coll Health. 2005;54:15-24.
43. Lee AJ, Lin WH. The effects of physical activity on sleep quality. Med Sci Sports Exerc. 2002;34(5 Suppl 1):70.
44. Vinha D, Cavalcante JA, Andrade M. Sleep-wake patterns of students workers and non-workers. Biol Rhythm Res. 2002;33:417-426.
45. Lack LC. Delayed sleep and sleep loss in university students. J Am Coll Health. 1986;35:105-110.
46. Brown FC, Buboltz WC Jr. Applying sleep research to university students: recommendations for developing a student sleep education program. J Coll Stud Dev. 2002;43:411-416.
47. Brown FC, Buboltz WC Jr, Soper B. Development and evaluation of the sleep treatment and education program for students (STEPS). J Am Coll Health. 2006;54:231-237.
48. Wolfson AR, Carskadon MA, Acebo C, Seifer R, Fallone G, Labyak SE, Martin JL. Evidence for the validity of a sleep habits survey for adolescents. Sleep. 2003;26:213-216.