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Table 2 Description of the study sample, according to sleep deprivation groups, from Sleep Deprivation Index

From: Sleepiness, sleep deprivation, quality of life, mental symptoms and perception of academic environment in medical students

 

Q1 (N = 536)

≤ 2 h

Q2-Q3 (N = 564)

3 and 4 h

Q4 (N = 238)

>  4 h

Total (N = 1338)

Age (mean ± SD)

23.0 ± 3.0

22.5 ± 2.9

22.6 ± 3.0

22.7 ± 3.0

Year of medical school (N (%))

 1st/2nd (Basic)

175 (32.6%)

196 (34.8%)

83 (34.9%)

454 (33.9%)

 3rd/4th (Clinical)

195 (36.4%)

209 (37.1%)

81 (34.0%)

485 (36.2%)

 5th/6th (Clerkship)

166 (31.0%)

159 (28.2%)

74 (31.1%)

399 (29.8%)

 Female sex - N (%)

276 (51.5%)

304 (53.9%)

131 (55.0%)

711 (53.1%)

WHOQOL (median [P25 - P75])

 Physical

71.4 [60.7–78.6]

64.3 [57.1–75.0]

60.7 [46.4–71.4]

67.9 [53.6–75.0]

 Psychological

66.7 [54.2–75.0]

62.5 [54.2–70.8]

58.3 [45.8–66.7]

62.5 [54.2–75.0]

 Social Relationships

66.7 [58.3–75.0]

66.7 [50.0–75.0]

58.3 [50.0–75.0]

66.7 [50.0–75.0]

 Environment

65.6 [56.3–75.0]

65.6 [53.1–75.0]

59.4 [50.0–68.8]

65.6 [53.1–75.0]

VERAS-Q (median [P25 - P75])

 Time use

39.8 [29.6–52.3]

36.4 [25.0–45.5]

29.6 [20.4–40.9]

36.4 [25.0–47.7]

 Psychological

54.2 [43.8–66.7]

50.0 [39.6–60.4]

43.8 [33.3–54.2]

50.0 [39.6–62.5]

 Physical

 Environment

59.4 [43.8–71.9]

58.9 [50.0–67.9]

53.1 [40.6–65.6]

57.1 [49.5–66.1]

46.9 [34.4–59.4]

55.4 [46.4–62.5]

53.1 [40.6–68.8]

57.1 [48.2–66.1]

Quality of life (median [P25 - P75])

 Overall

8.0 [7.0–9.0]

8.0 [7.0–9.0]

8.0 [7.0–9.0]

8.0 [7.0–9.0]

 Medical school-related

7.0 [6.0–8.0]

7.0 [6.0–7.0]

6.0 [5.0–7.0]

7.0 [6.0–8.0]

Mental symptoms (median [P25 - P75])

 Depression (BDI)

7.0 [3.0–11.0]

8.0 [5.0–13.0]

11.0 [7.0–17.0]

8.0 [4.0–13.0]

 Anxiety-state

41.0 [34.0–50.0]

42.0 [35.0–51.0]

47.0 [40.0–57.0]

43.0 [35.0–52.0]

 Anxiety-trait

43.0 [34.0–50.0]

46.0 [37.8–53.0]

50.0 [41.2–59.0]

45.0 [37.0–53.0]

DREEM (median [P25 - P75])

 Perceptions of learning

28.5 [23.0–33.0]

28.0 [23.0–33.0]

26.0 [22.0–32.0]

28.0 [23.0–33.0]

 Perception of teachers

28.0 [23.0–32.0]

28.0 [24.0–33.0]

27.0 [23.0–31.0]

28.0 [23.0–32.0]

 Perceptions of the atmosphere

20.0 [16.0–23.0]

19.0 [16.0–23.0]

17.5 [14.2–21.0]

19.0 [15.2–22.0]

 Academic self-perceptions

31.0 [25.0–36.0]

30.5 [25.0–35.0]

28.0 [23.0–33.0]

30.0 [25.0–35.0]

 Social self-perceptions

16.0 [13.0–20.0]

16.0 [13.0–18.2]

14.0 [11.0–17.0]

16.0 [13.0–19.0]

 Global

123.5 [102.8–142.0]

121.0 [101.8–139.0]

113.0 [98.0–128.8]

120.0 [101.0–139.0]

  1. Groups that showed statistically significant differences (P < 0.05) are in bold