Research Article

The Epidemiology of Sleep Quality, Sleep Patterns, Consumption of Caffeinated Beverages, and Khat Use among Ethiopian College Students

Table 2

Pittsburgh sleep quality index (PSQI) subscales by sex.

CharacteristicAll
**N  = 2,230
Male
**N  = 1,700
Female
**N  = 499
P value
n (%)n (%)n (%)

Sleep duration (hours)
 ≤6.0979 (44.0)718 (42.3)245 (49.2)0.024
 6.1–7.0409 (18.4)311 (18.4)91 (18.3)
 7.1–8.0516 (23.2)414 (24.4)95 (19.1)
 ≥8.1321 (14.4)253 (14.9)67 (13.4)
Sleep latency (minutes)
 ≤15407 (18.2)292 (17.2)109 (21.8)0.117
 16–30741 (33.2)573 (33.7)157 (31.5)
 31–60818 (36.7)633 (37.2)173 (34.7)
 ≥60264 (11.9)202 (11.9)60 (12.0)
Day dysfunction due to sleep
 Never416 (18.6)329 (19.4)82 (16.4)0.090
 <once a week1,141 (51.2)881 (51.8)247 (49.5)
 1-2 times per week544 (24.4)398 (23.4)133 (26.7)
 ≥3 times per week129 (5.8)92 (5.4)37 (7.4)
Sleep efficiency (%)
 ≥851,555 (69.7)1,178 (69.3)358 (71.8)0.695
 75–84323 (14.5)252 (14.8)66 (13.2)
 65–74158 (7.1)117 (6.9)35 (7.0)
 <65194 (8.7)153 (9.0)40 (8.0)
Sleep medicine during past month
 Never2,040 (91.5)1,550 (91.2)462 (92.6)0.356
 <once a week116 (5.2)91 (5.4)23 (4.6)
 1-2 times per week57 (2.5)43 (2.5)13 (2.6)
 ≥3 times per week17 (0.8)16 (0.9)1 (0.2)
Sleep quality
 No1,055 (47.3)820 (48.2)220 (44.1)0.103
 Yes1,175 (52.7)880 (51.8)279 (55.9)

P value from Chi-square test for categorical variables or from Student’s t-test for continuous variables.
**Numbers may not add up due to missing data for selected variables.