Sleep Quality among Undergraduate Students of a Medical College in Nepal during COVID-19 Pandemic: An Online Survey

We used the standard and
validated Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI), which was developed by researchers at the University of
Pittsburgh in 1988 AD. The questionnaire included baseline variables like
age, sex, academic year, and questions addressing participants’ sleep habits
and quality i.e. PSQI. The PSQI
assesses the sleep quality during the previous month and contains 19 self-rated questions that yield seven
components: subjective sleep quality sleep, latency, sleep duration, sleep
efficiency and sleep disturbance, and daytime dysfunction. Each component is to
be assigned a scored that ranges from zero to three, yielding a PSQI score in a
range that goes from 0 to 21. A total score of 0 to 4 is considered as normal
sleep quality; whereas, scores greater than 4 are categorized as poor sleep
quality.Data collected from
students through the Google forms were extracted to Google sheets, cleaned in
Excel, and then imported and analyzed using STATA 15. Simple descriptive
analysis was performed to see the response for every PSQI variable. Then
calculation performed following PSQI form administration instructions.