SLEEP QUALITY AND ASSOCIATED FACTORS OF PHARMACY STUDENTS AT NGUYEN TAT THANH UNIVERSITY

Huỳnh Thị Như Thúy; Lê Phạm Thùy Dương

doi:10.34238/tnu-jst.13065

SLEEP QUALITY AND ASSOCIATED FACTORS OF PHARMACY STUDENTS AT NGUYEN TAT THANH UNIVERSITY

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Received: 16/06/25 Revised: 30/09/25 Published: 30/09/25

Authors

1. Huynh Thi Nhu Thuy , Nguyen Tat Thanh University
2. Le Pham Thuy Duong, Nguyen Tat Thanh University

Abstract

Sleep is an essential part of physiology. According to reports, the average insomnia rate in students is 18.5%, higher than the insomnia rate of the general population at the same age (7.4%). Currently, there is no research on sleep quality on Pharmacy students. Therefore, the study was carried outon 500 full-time students of the Faculty of Pharmacy at Nguyen Tat Thanh University from freshman to fifth year student to evaluate their sleep quality and associated factors. By descriptive cross-sectional study, the results show that the average sleep time of students was 6.89 hours (SD = 1.92). The proportion of students with poor sleep quality was 65% (n = 325). Factors such as age, diet, stressand noise had a statistically significant effect on sleep quality (p < 0.01).Poor sleep quality accounted for a very high rate in Pharmacystudents. In addition, the study also found a relationship between psychological factors and sleep quality. Psychological support is essential to improve students' sleep quality, thereby helping students' quality of life better.

Keywords

Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Scale (PSQI); Nguyen Tat Thanh University; Sleep quality; Pharmacy students; Psychological

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