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Journal of Educational Research and Reviews
Research Article | Published October 2022 | Volume 10, Issue 8, pp. 121-127.
 doi: https://doi.org/10.33495/jerr_v10i8.22.137

 

PSSQ-I for gender differences in sleep deprivation and insomnia: A student community survey to determine the frequency of insomnia before and during the covid pandemic and an overview of its impact on their daily routine and academic performance

 

 

 
Shahid Hassan1*
Aqmar Khairuddin2
Izzati Hasif2
Farah Sridi2
Sameera Sakul2

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1. Department of Surgery School of Medicine/IMU Centre for Education, International Medical University, No.126, Jalan Jalil Perkasa 19, Bukit Jalil, 57000 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

2. School of Medicine, International Medical University, Malaysia.

 

 

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 Citation: Hassan S, Khairuddin A, Hasif I, Sridi F, Sakul S (2022). PSSQ-I for gender differences in sleep deprivation and insomnia: A student community survey to determine the frequency of insomnia before and during the covid pandemic and an overview of its impact on their daily routine and academic performance. J. Edu. Res. Rev. 10(8):121-127. doi: 10.33495/jerr_v10i8.22.137.
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 Abstract 

 

The covid-19 pandemic with its unprecedented challenges has also affected students’ daily routine and academic performance. The goal of this research was to investigate sleep deprivation among male and female students and its relationship with daily routine and academic performance before and during COVID-19. A cross-sectional quantitative Pittsburgh Sleep Symptom Questionnaire-Insomnia (PSSQ_I) inventory with 13 self-rated questions was conducted before and during the Covid pandemic. To this, 7 questions were added to determine students’ academic performance among those with sleep deprivation. Among those 32 (21.47%) diagnosed with insomnia during the covid pandemic, 12 (37.5%) were male and 20 (62.5%) were female. Those with insomnia prior to Covid pandemic were 23 (15.44%), and out of this number, 4 (17.39%) were male and 19 (80.60%) were female students. Independent t-test showed that a difference of mean score measured with its impact on daily routines between the female (M = 3.34, SD = .928, n = 39) and the male (M = 2.37, SD = .885, n = 16) was statistically significant at .05 level of significance (t = 3.58, df = 53, p < .001). Similarly, the result with its impact on students’ academic performance between the female (M = 3.34, SD = .721, n = 39) and the male (M = 2.85, SD = .566, n = 16) was statistically significant at .05 (t = 2.391, df = 53, p < .05). The frequency of insomnia among the medical students showed a predominance of female students over male students. The impact on daily routines and academic performance was found significantly different between male and female students.

 

Keywords  Sleep deprivation   covid-19   insomnia   learner   gender difference   impact   daily routine  

 academic performance 

 

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