RT Journal Article
T1 Influence of Sleeping Patterns in Health and Academic Performance among University Students
A1 Toscano Hermoso, María Dolores
A1 Arbinaga, Félix
A1 Fernández Ozcorta, Eduardo José
A1 Gómez Salgado, Juan
A1 Ruiz Frutos, Carlos
AB Sleep problems in university students are important and have implications for health,quality of life, and academic performance. Using an ex post facto design, a total sample of 855students (55.7% women) participated in the study. Sleep assessment was conducted using thePittsburgh Sleep Quality Index, the Nightmare Frequency Scale, the Nightmare Proneness Scale,and the Composite Morningness Scale. Women show a higher risk [OR = 2.61] of presenting poorsleep quality (> 5 points on the PSQI) compared with men (p < 0.001). Similarly, women reported agreater frequency of nightmares (p < 0.001, d = 0.60), greater propensity for nightmares (p < 0.001, d =0.70) and a higher score on Item-5h of the PSQI regarding nightmares (p < 0.001, d = 0.59). Women,compared with men, show higher risk [OR = 2.84] for a sleep disorder related to nightmares (p = 0.012).Women need more time to reach a state of alertness after getting up (p = .022), and there was aninteraction between sex and the alertness factor when evaluating the subjective quality of sleep (p =0.030). Women show worse sleep quality and a higher frequency and propensity for sufferingnightmares. When considering the relationship between sleep quality and academic performance, it isobserved that students with poor sleep quality obtain lower academic scores (M = 7.21, SD = 0.805) thanthose with good sleep quality (M = 7.32, SD = 0.685), an effect that reaches significance (t = 2.116, p =0.035). Regarding the relationship between the categorized chronotype and academic performance,students with a morning chronotype achieve better academic results (M = 7.41, SD = 0.89) than theirevening counterparts (M = 7.15, SD = 0.76), although these differences have a small effect size (d = 0.31).
PB MDPI
SN 1661-7827
YR 2020
FD 2020-04
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10272/17907
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10272/17907
LA eng
NO Toscano Hermoso, M. D., Arbinaga, F., Fernández Ozcorta, E. J., Gómez Salgado, J.,  Ruiz Frutos, C. (2020). Influence of Sleeping Patterns in Health and Academic Performance among University Students. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 17(8), 2760. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17082760
DS Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Huelva
RD 1 jun 2026