Research Article
Insomnia and Its Temporal Association with Academic Performance among University Students: A Cross-Sectional Study
Table 1
Baseline characteristics of students.
| | Baseline characteristics | = 388 |
| | Demographic data | | | Sex, male (%) | 304 (78.4) | | Discipline (field of study) (%) | | | Engineering | 171 (44.1) | | Natural and computational science | 51 (13.1) | | Agricultural science | 24 (6.2) | | Business and economics | 59 (15.2) | | Computer science and IT | 25 (6.4) | | Humanity and social science | 36 (9.3) | | Others | 22 (5.7) | | Batch (%) | | | 1st year | 89 (22.9) | | 2nd year | 100 (25.8) | | 3rd year | 70 (18.0) | | 4th year | 14 (3.6) | | 5th year | 115 (29.6) | | Ethnicity, Amhara (%) | 281 (72.4) | | Religion, Orthodox Christian (%) | 330 (85.1) | | Worshiping, daily (%) | 171 (44.1) | | Marital status, single (%) | 297 (76.5) | | Substance use habit and physical and mental health status | | | Cigarette smoking (%) | 18 (4.6) | | Khat chewing (%) | 30 (7.7) | | Drinking alcohol, less than once per month (%) | 100 (25.8) | | Headache (%) | 151 (38.9) | | Back pain (%) | 72 (18.6) | | Fever (%) | 138 (36.3) | | Suicidal thought (%) | 22 (5.7) | | Common mental disorder (%) | 245 (63.1) | | Sleep hygiene practice | | | Regular sleeping and waking time (%) | 177 (45.6) | | Good sleep environment (physically) (%) | 291 (75.0) | | No noise around sleeping place (%) | 183 (47.2) | | Attended night party (%) | 43 (11.1) | | Stress related to exam, assignment, test (%) | 227 (58.5) | | Exercise within 15 minutes of sleeping (%) | 51 (13.1) | | Exercise before 3 hours of sleeping (%) | 61 (15.7) | | Nap during the afternoon | 237 (61.1) | | Drink stimulants (coffee and tea) during nighttime (%) | 151 (38.9) | | Eat heavy meal close to sleeping (%) | 79 (20.4) | | Nighttime ritual (%) | 142 (36.6) | | Using the bed only for sleeping purpose (%) | 157 (40.5) | | Eating, drinking, reading, or watching TV on bed (%) | 245 (63.1) |
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