Open AccessExcessive Daytime Sleepiness among First to Fourth Year Undergraduate Students of a Medical College in Nepal: A Descriptive Cross-sectional Study
Author(s) -
Kumar Roka,
Sabina Khadka,
Sadhana Dahal,
Meenakshi Yadav,
Panna Thapa,
Rubina Kc
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
journal of nepal medical association
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.176
H-Index - 19
eISSN - 1815-672X
pISSN - 0028-2715
DOI - 10.31729/jnma.5297
Subject(s) - medicine , excessive daytime sleepiness , epworth sleepiness scale , cross sectional study , confidence interval , stratified sampling , family medicine , descriptive statistics , demography , cognition , psychiatry , sleep disorder , statistics , apnea , mathematics , pathology , sociology , polysomnography
Excessive Daytime Sleepiness is a significant health problem among medical students worldwide which can impair their cognitive and academic performances. Our study aims to determine the prevalence of Excessive Daytime Sleepiness among the first to fourth year undergraduate students of the Nepalese Army Institute of Health Sciences-College of Medicine.