TY - JOUR
T1 - Daytime sleepiness, poor sleep quality, eveningness chronotype, and common mental disorders among chilean college students
AU - Concepcion, Tessa
AU - Barbosa, Clarita
AU - Vélez, Juan Carlos
AU - Pepper, Micah
AU - Andrade, Asterio
AU - Gelaye, Bizu
AU - Yanez, David
AU - Williams, Michelle A.
N1 - Funding Information:
This research was completed while T.C. was a research training fellow with the Harvard School of Public Health Multidisciplinary International Research Training (HSPH-MIRT) Program. The HSPH-MIRT Program is supported by an award from the National Institute for Minority Health and Health Disparities (T37-MD000149).
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Copyright © Taylor & Francis Group, LLC. © 2014
PY - 2014/10/3
Y1 - 2014/10/3
N2 - Objectives: To evaluate whether daytime sleepiness, poor sleep quality, and morningness and eveningness preferences are associated with common mental disorders (CMDs) among college students. Methods: A total of 963 college students completed self-administered questionnaires that collected information about sociodemographic characteristics, sleep quality characteristics, CMDs, and other lifestyle behaviors. Results: The prevalence of CMDs was 24.3% (95% confidence interval [CI] [21.5%, 27.1%]) among all students. Prevalence estimates of both excessive daytime sleepiness and poor sleep quality were higher among females (35.4% and 54.4%) than males (22.0% and 45.8%). Cigarette smoking was statistically significantly and positively associated with having CMDs (p =.034). Excessive daytime sleepiness (odds ratio [OR] = 3.65; 95% CI [2.56, 4.91]) and poor sleep quality (OR = 4.76; 95% CI [3.11, 7.29]) were associated with increased odds of CMDs. Conclusion: Given the adverse health consequences associated with both sleep disorders and CMDs, improving sleep hygiene among college students is imperative to public health.
AB - Objectives: To evaluate whether daytime sleepiness, poor sleep quality, and morningness and eveningness preferences are associated with common mental disorders (CMDs) among college students. Methods: A total of 963 college students completed self-administered questionnaires that collected information about sociodemographic characteristics, sleep quality characteristics, CMDs, and other lifestyle behaviors. Results: The prevalence of CMDs was 24.3% (95% confidence interval [CI] [21.5%, 27.1%]) among all students. Prevalence estimates of both excessive daytime sleepiness and poor sleep quality were higher among females (35.4% and 54.4%) than males (22.0% and 45.8%). Cigarette smoking was statistically significantly and positively associated with having CMDs (p =.034). Excessive daytime sleepiness (odds ratio [OR] = 3.65; 95% CI [2.56, 4.91]) and poor sleep quality (OR = 4.76; 95% CI [3.11, 7.29]) were associated with increased odds of CMDs. Conclusion: Given the adverse health consequences associated with both sleep disorders and CMDs, improving sleep hygiene among college students is imperative to public health.
KW - Chile
KW - college students
KW - daytime sleepiness
KW - mental disorders
KW - sleep quality
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U2 - 10.1080/07448481.2014.917652
DO - 10.1080/07448481.2014.917652
M3 - Article
C2 - 24810953
AN - SCOPUS:84921940212
SN - 0744-8481
VL - 62
SP - 441
EP - 448
JO - Journal of American College Health
JF - Journal of American College Health
IS - 7
ER -