Sleep Hygiene and Happiness Levels of University Students Studying in Health-Related Departments

Authors : Hilal PEKMEZCİ PURUT, Burcu GENÇ KÖSE, Barış TÜRKER, Vacide AŞIK ÖZDEMİR, Bahar KEFELİ ÇOL

Pages : 129-135

Doi:10.19127/bshealthscience.869411

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Publication Date : 2021-05-01

Article Type : Research Paper

Abstract :This study was planned in a descriptive and cross-sectional design to explore the sleep hygiene and happiness levels of  university students studying in health-related departments and associated factors. The sample of the study comprised of 362  registered students at the Vocational School of Health Services between 1 and 30 January 2019, in the fall semester of 2019-2020. The  “Descriptive Information Form” including socio-demographic characteristics and habits, the “Sleep Hygiene Index” and the “Oxford  Happiness Questionnaire” were used to collect data. SPSS 21.0 program was used in the statistical analysis of the data. Arithmetic  mean, standard deviation, minimum, maximum and percentage parameters were used in the distribution of the data. In this study, data  were distributed normally, so parametric tests were used for statistical analysis. Student t-test was used for two independent variables  and the One Way Anova test was used for more than two independent variables. Pearson correlation analysis was performed to  examine the relationships between parameters. The study revealed that 80.9% of the students in the study were female, 62.2% lived in  a state dormitory, 78.7% did not smoke, 60.5% slept an average of 6-8 hours a day, and 91.2% had no chronic disease. The mean Sleep  Hygiene Index scores of smokers, men, those who studied in the anesthesia program, those stayed in the state dormitory, those who  drunk caffeinated beverages after 18:00, those who slept for 8 hours or more, and those who woke up unrefreshed were found to be  significantly higher insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(P < 0.05);. It was also observed that those who woke up refreshed had a significantly higher level of happiness insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(P <  0.05);.
Keywords : Sleep, Sleep hygiene, Happiness, Student