Daytime sleepiness and academic performance in medical students
This report presents an analysis of the complaints of increasing daytime sleepiness as well as a study on their possible effects on the academic performance of medical students at the University of Brasilia. The Epworth Sleepiness Scale was applied to 172 medical students, at the beginning of August...
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| author | Raimundo Nonato D. Rodrigues Carlos A.A. Viegas Aída A.A. Abreu e Silva Paulo Tavares |
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| description | This report presents an analysis of the complaints of increasing daytime sleepiness as well as a study on their possible effects on the academic performance of medical students at the University of Brasilia. The Epworth Sleepiness Scale was applied to 172 medical students, at the beginning of August 1997 and at the end of November 1997. Academic performance was measured by analyzing the number of SS grades (from 9.0 to 10 over ten) and MM grades (from 5.0 to 6.9) attained in exams at the end of that school period. The results showed that at the beginning of the semester, 68 (39.53%) of these 172 students already presented with excessive daytime sleepiness, and that of the 104 remaining students, 38 (22%) developed daytime sleepiness by the end of the semester. Furthermore, it was observed that the sleepier students did not achieve as well as the others on their final examinations. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-978f47ca9a7b4e59ab3da2f95d3e04152025-08-20T01:58:31ZengThieme Revinter PublicaçõesArquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria1678-42272002-03-0160161110.1590/S0004-282X2002000100002Daytime sleepiness and academic performance in medical studentsRaimundo Nonato D. Rodrigues0Carlos A.A. Viegas1Aída A.A. Abreu e Silva2Paulo Tavares3Universidade de BrasíliaUniversidade de BrasíliaUniversidade de BrasíliaUniversidade de BrasíliaThis report presents an analysis of the complaints of increasing daytime sleepiness as well as a study on their possible effects on the academic performance of medical students at the University of Brasilia. The Epworth Sleepiness Scale was applied to 172 medical students, at the beginning of August 1997 and at the end of November 1997. Academic performance was measured by analyzing the number of SS grades (from 9.0 to 10 over ten) and MM grades (from 5.0 to 6.9) attained in exams at the end of that school period. The results showed that at the beginning of the semester, 68 (39.53%) of these 172 students already presented with excessive daytime sleepiness, and that of the 104 remaining students, 38 (22%) developed daytime sleepiness by the end of the semester. Furthermore, it was observed that the sleepier students did not achieve as well as the others on their final examinations.http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0004-282X2002000100002&tlng=enEpworth Sleepiness Scaledaytime sleepinessmedical studentsacademic performance |
| spellingShingle | Raimundo Nonato D. Rodrigues Carlos A.A. Viegas Aída A.A. Abreu e Silva Paulo Tavares Daytime sleepiness and academic performance in medical students Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria Epworth Sleepiness Scale daytime sleepiness medical students academic performance |
| title | Daytime sleepiness and academic performance in medical students |
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| title_short | Daytime sleepiness and academic performance in medical students |
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