Research Article

Self-Reported Rapid Eye Movement Sleep Behavior Disturbance and Its Associated Factors among Medicine and Health Science Students at the University of Gondar

Table 3

Factors associated with self-reported symptoms of RBD among the University of Gondar medicine and health science students, Northwest Ethiopia, 2019 ().

VariablesRBD symptomsCOR (95% UI)AOR (95% UI)
NoYes
Number (%)Number (%)

Romantic relationship
 Yes48 (44.86)59 (55.14)1.64 (1.05-2.57)1.26 (0.74-2.13)
 No160 (57.14)120 (42.86)11
Residence
 Urban139 (61.5)87 (38.5)
 Rural69 (42.86)92 (57.14)2.13 (1.41-3.21)1.50 (0.91-2.48)
Bruxism
 No190 (56.05)149 (43.95)11
 Yes18 (37.50)30 (62.50)2.13 (1.14-3.96)1.16 (0.53-2.54)
Drink coffee before sleep
 No194 (56.56)149 (43.44)11
 Yes14 (31.82)30 (68.18)2.79 (1.43-5.45)1.82 (0.77-4.31)
Drink alcohol before sleep
 No201 (55.68)160 (44.32)11
 Yes7 (26.92)19 (73.08)3.41 (1.39-8.31)1.64 (0.56-4.77)
Smoking cigarette
 No203 (56.08)159 (43.92)11
 Yes5 (20.00)20 (80.00)5.11 (1.88-13.91)1.67 (0.45-6.29)
Physical exercise
 No189 (58.51)134 (41.49)11
 Yes19 (29.69)45 (70.31)3.34 (1.87-5.97)2.50 (1.24-5.02)
Bathing before sleep
 No150 (57.69)110 (42.31)11
 Yes58 (45.67)69 (54.33)1.62 (1.06-2.49)0.99 (0.59-1.67)
Using Facebook before sleep
 No93 (62.84)55 (37.16)11
 Yes115 (48.12)124 (51.88)1.82 (1.20-2.77)1.93 (1.18-3.15)
Age in years
 <21118 (59.90)79 (40.10)11
 ≥2190 (47.37)100 (52.63)1.66 (1.11-2.48)1.27 (-0.79-2.04)
Pocket money (ETB)
 50-40043 (41.35)61 (58.65)3.87 (1.75-8.55)2.29 (0.92-5.74)
 401-50062 (52.99)55 (47.01)2.42 (1.11-5.28)1.73 (0.73-4.11)
 501-100073 (58.40)52 (41.60)1.94 (0.89-4.23)1.22 (0.51-2.92)
 1001-380030 (73.17)11 (26.83)11
Excessive daytime sleepiness (n = 383)
 No159 (60.23)105 (39.77)11
 Yes47 (39.50)72 (60.50)2.32 (1.49-3.61)1.92 (1.16-3.19)
Depressive symptoms (n = 383)
 No160 (64.00)90 (36.00)11
 Yes46 (34.59)87 (65.41)3.36 (2.16-5.23)2.40 (1.45-3.99)
Perceived stress (n = 384)
 No52 (72.22)20 (27.78)11
 Yes154 (49.36)158 (50.64)2.67 (1.52-4.67)1.79 (0.95-3.38)
Field of study
 Medicine53 (65.43)28 (34.57)11
 Health sciences155 (50.65)151 (49.35)1.84 (1.11-3.07)0.91 (0.49-1.69)

AOR = adjusted odds ratio; COR = crude odds ratio; ETB = Ethiopian birr; Significant at ; ; Hosmer-Lemeshow goodness of fit () is accepted; 1 = indicator; UI = uncertainty interval.