Calidad de sueño y factores asociados en estudiantes de medicina de la Universidad de Cuenca en tiempos de pandemia COVID-19, junio-noviembre 2022

Abstract

Background: Stressful situations such as the COVID-19 pandemic and lockdown measures can have a significant impact on societies around the world and have a negative effect on the mental health of the population, including sleep quality issues. Objectives: To characterize the quality of sleep and associated factors in medical students at the University of Cuenca June-November 2022 in times of the COVID-19 pandemic, using the Oviedo Questionnaire. Materials and methods: A quantitative, analytical, cross-sectional study was carried out in students of the Medicine career from the second to the tenth cycle, semester September 2022- February 2023, with a universe of 983 students, a sample of 204, with a confidence level of 95%, margin of error of 5% and prevalence of 66%. The data were collected using forms and the Oviedo Sleep Questionnaire, they were analyzed in the statistical program SPSS V21 test version, creating tables to show the final results. To determine the association between the object of study and the sociodemographic factors, the OR, 95% CI, and p value were obtained. Results: 87.7% of the respondents had poor sleep quality, with no statistically significant association being a woman, over 23 years of age, attending the first cycles, living in a rural area or having a psychiatric history. Conclusions: Poor sleep quality in medical students increased during confinement by COVID-19, having a higher prevalence compared to similar studies.