Associated factors of sleep quality and behavior among students of two tertiary institutions in Northern Malaysia

Medical Journal of Malaysia

Volumn 68, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 196-203

  Lai, Pey Peng ^a   Say, Yee How ^a  

^a UNIVERSITI TUNKU ABDUL RAHMAN   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Academic performance; Chronotype; College students; Excessive daytime sleepiness; High calorie food craving; Malaysia; Obesity; Sleep quality

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DAYTIME SOMNOLENCE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EPWORTH SLEEPINESS SCALE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALAYSIA; MALE; OBESITY; PITTSBURGH SLEEP QUALITY INDEX; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM; SLEEP DEPRIVATION; SLEEP PATTERN; SLEEP QUALITY; SLEEP TIME; STUDENT ATTITUDE; SLEEP; STUDENT;

HUMANS; MALAYSIA; SLEEP; STUDENTS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84878948334     PISSN: 03005283     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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