The relationship between sleep and wake habits and academic performance in medical students: A cross-sectional study

BMC Medical Education

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Bahammam, Ahmed S ^a   Alaseem, Abdulrahman M ^a   Alzakri, Abdulmajeed A ^a   Almeneessier, Aljohara S ^b   Sharif, Munir M ^a  

^a KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Academic performance; Medical students; School; Sleep; Sleep duration

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL STUDENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SLEEP; STATISTICS; TIME; WAKEFULNESS;

CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SLEEP; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; TIME FACTORS; WAKEFULNESS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84864411017     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6920-12-61     Document Type: Article

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