Research Article

Quality of Sleep and Its Correlates among Yemeni Medical Students: A Cross-Sectional Study

Table 5

Students’ perception of the extent that poor sleep undermines their academic performance.

Overall sample¤Poor sleepers§Good sleepers§ value

Arriving late at lectures ()7.8390.049
Not during the past month50 (20.9%)57 (59.4%)39 (40.6%)
Less than once a week48 (20.1%)36 (72.0%)14 (28.0%)
Once or twice a week45 (18.8%)32 (66.7%)16 (33.3%)
Three or more times a week96 (40.2%)37 (82.2%)8 (17.8%)
Chance of dozing while studying ()1.4590.692
No chance29 (12%)20 (69%)9 (31%)
Slight chance55 (22.9%)34 (61.8%)21 (38.2%)
Moderate chance75 (31.3%)51 (68%)24 (32%)
High chance81 (33.8%)58 (71.6%)23 (28.4%)
Chance of dozing while attending lectures ()10.9130.012
No chance42 (17.6%)21 (50%)21 (50%)
Slight chance70 (29.3%)56 (80%)14 (20%)
Moderate chance69 (28.9%)46 (66.7%)23 (33.3%)
High chance58 (24.3%)39 (67.2%)19 (32.8%)
Student’s sleep quality affects own academic performance ()7.3550.025
Yes64 (27.3%)46 (71.9%)18 (28.1%)
To some extent91 (38.7%)68 (74.7%)23 (25.3%)
No80 (34%)45 (56.3%)35 (43.8%)

¤Column percentage, §row percentage, statistically significant, .