Open AccessPrevalence of sleep deprivation and its effect on the performance of family medicine residents in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Author(s) -
Mohammed Abdullah Alrishan,
Sulaiman A Alshammari
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
journal of family and community medicine/maǧalaẗ ṭib al-usraẗ wa al-muǧtamaʼ
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2229-340X
pISSN - 1319-1683
DOI - 10.4103/jfcm.jfcm_9_20
Subject(s) - medicine , sleep deprivation , odds ratio , cross sectional study , significant difference , odds , logistic regression , demography , family medicine , psychiatry , cognition , pathology , sociology
A good night sleep is essential for good health since it supports proper brain functions and its ability to make decisions and to learn and remember new information. The objectives of this study were to assess the prevalence of sleep deprivation (SD) and its effects on the performance of family medicine residents in Riyadh.