Sleep patterns and disorders among university students in Lebanon

Journal of Research in Health Sciences

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 198-204

  Assaad, Shafika ^a   Costanian, Christy ^b   Haddad, Georges ^c   Tannous, Fida ^d  

^a LEBANESE UNIVERSITY   (Lebanon)

^b AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

^c La Croix Hospital   (Lebanon)

^d BEIRUT ARAB UNIVERSITY   (Lebanon)

Author keywords

Lebanon; PSQI; Sleep deprivation; Sleep disorders; University students

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEBANON; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; SEX RATIO; SLEEP DISORDER; SLEEP PATTERN; SLEEP QUALITY; SLEEP TIME; STUDENT ATTITUDE; UNIVERSITY STUDENT; YOUNG ADULT; ADOLESCENT; HABIT; HEALTH STATUS INDICATOR; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SLEEP; SLEEP INITIATION AND MAINTENANCE DISORDERS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; STUDENT; UNIVERSITY;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HABITS; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; LEBANON; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SLEEP; SLEEP INITIATION AND MAINTENANCE DISORDERS; STUDENTS; UNIVERSITIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84924912917     PISSN: 16822765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

References (30)

1. National Sleep Foundation. Children, Teens and Sleep. NSF Web Site; 2013; Available From [cited 15 December, 2013] http://www.sleepfoundation.org.
2. Knutson KL. Sleep duration and cardiometabolic risk: a review of the epidemiologic evidence. Best Pract Res Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2010;24(5):731-743.
3. Chaput JP, Després JP, Bouchard C, Tremblay A. Short sleep duration is associated with reduced leptin levels and increased adiposity: results from the Quebec family study. Obesity. 2007;15(1):253-261.
4. Ficca G, Salzarulo P. What in sleep is for memory? Sleep Med-icine. 2004;5(3):225-230.
5. Diekelmann S, Wilhelm I, Born J. The whats and whens of sleep-dependent memory consolidation. Sleep Med Rev. 2009;13(5):309-321.
6. Piqueras JA, Kuhne W, Vera-Villarroel P, Van Straten A, Cuijpers P. Happiness and health behaviours in Chilean college students: a cross-sectional survey. BMC Public Health. 2011;11:443.
7. McKnight-Eily LR, Eaton DK, Lowry R, Croft JB, Presley-Cantrell L, Perry GS. Relationships between hours of sleep and health-risk behaviors in US adolescent students. Prev Med. 2011;53(4-5):271-273.
8. Taylor DJ, Bramoweth AD. Patterns and consequences of inad-equate sleep in college students: substance use and motor vehi-cle accidents. J Adolesc Health. 2010;46(6):610-612.
9. El-Gilany AH, Amr M, Hammad S. Perceived stress among male medical students in Egypt and Saudi Arabia: effect of so-ciodemographic factors. Ann Saudi Med. 2008;28(6):442-448.
10. BaHammam A, Bin Saeed A, Al-Faris E, Shaikh S: Sleep dura-tion and its correlates in a sample of Saudi elementary school children. Singapore Med J. 2006;47(10):875-881.
11. Biggeri L, Bini L, Grilli L. The transition from university to work: a multilevel approach to the analysis of the time to obtain the first job. J R Stat Soc. 2001;164(2):293-305.
12. 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(6):583-596.
13. El-Kharoubi, A. Sleep disorders and excessive daytime sleepi-ness in the Palestinian population. Neurosciences. 2004;9,46-48.
14. Suleiman KH, Yates B., Jassem H, Alghabeesh S, Abu- Shahroor L, Ali R. Sleep disturbances among Alzaytoonah uni-versity students in Jordan. J Nat Sci Res. 2013;3(12):39-46.
15. Sweileh W, Ali I, Sawalha A, Abu-Taha A, Zyoud S, Al-Jabi S. Sleep habits and sleep problems among Palestinian students. Child Adolesc Psychiatry Ment Health. 2011;5(25):2-8.
16. Buysse DJ, Reynolds CF, Monk TH, Berman SR, Kupfer DJ. The Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index: a new instrument for psy-chiatric practice and research. Psychiatry Res. 1989;28:193-213.
17. Backhaus J, Junghanns K, Broocks A, Riemann D, Hohagen F. Test-retest reliability and validity of the Pittsburgh Sleep Quali-ty Index in primary insomnia. J Psycho Res. 2002;53,737-740.
18. Carney CE, Edinger JD, Meyer B, Lindman L, Istre T. Daily activities and sleep quality in college students. Chronobiol Int. 2006;23(3):623-637.
19. Ban DJ, Lee TJ. Sleep duration, subjective sleep disturbances and associated factors among university students in Korea. J Korean Med Sci. 2001;16(4):475-480.
20. Gaultney JF. The prevalence of sleep disorders in college stu-dents: impact on academic performance. J Am Coll Health. 2010;59(2):91-97.
21. Eliasson AH, Lettieri CJ, Eliasson AH. Early to bed, early to rise! Sleep habits and academic performance in college stu-dents. Sleep Breath. 2010;14(1):71-75.
22. Lund H, Reider B, Whiting A, Prichard R. Sleep patterns and predictors of disturbed sleep in large population of college stu-dents. J Adolescent Health. 2010;46(2):124-132.
23. Forbes EE, Williamson DE, Ryan ND, Birmaher B, Axelson DA, Dahl RE. Peri-sleep-onset cortisol levels in children and adolescents with affective disorders. Biol Psychiatry. 2006;59:24-30.
24. Drake C, Richardson G, Roehrs T, Scofield H, Roth T. Vulner-ability to stress-related sleep disturbance and hyperarousal. Sleep. 2004;27:285-291.
25. Jose PE, Ratcliffe V. Stressor frequency and perceived intensity as predictors of internalizing symptoms: gender and age differ-ences in adolescence. NZ J Psychol. 2004;33:145-154.
26. Liu X, Zhao Z, Jia C, Buysse DJ. Sleep patterns and problems among Chinese adolescents. Pediatrics. 2008;121:1165-1173.
27. Ohayon MM, Shapiro CM. Sleep and fatigue. Semin Clin Neu-ropsychiatry. 2000;5:56-57.
28. Ghanizadeh A, Kianpoor M, Rezaei M, Rezaei H. Moini R, Aghakhani K, et al. Sleep patterns and habits in high school students in Iran. Ann Gen Psychiatry. 2008;7(5).
29. Stasio MJ, Curry K, Sutton-Skinner KM, Glassman DM. Over-the-counter medication and herbal or dietary supplement use in college: dose frequency and relationship to self-reported dis-tress. J Am Coll Health. 2008; 56:535-547.
30. Suleiman K, Yates B., Berger A, Pozehl B, Meza J. Translating the Pittsburgh sleep quality index into Arabic. Western J Nurs Res. 2010;32(2):250-268.