Open AccessSleep hygiene awareness: Its relation to sleep quality among medical students in King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Author(s) -
Mohsin Alshahrani,
Yousef Al Turki
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
journal of family medicine and primary care
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2278-7135
pISSN - 2249-4863
DOI - 10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_359_19
Subject(s) - medicine , sleep hygiene , sleep (system call) , sleep quality , pittsburgh sleep quality index , sleep disorder , hygiene , cross sectional study , physical therapy , family medicine , psychiatry , insomnia , pathology , computer science , operating system
Sleep hygiene (SH) is considered to be an effective method to treat sleep disturbances, especially among adolescents and young adults. This study aimed to find out the relationship of SH awareness and its importance in overall sleep quality among medical students and to assess the prevalence of sleep disturbance among them.