1. [Sleep difficulties and psychological symptoms in medicine students in Mexico].
- Author
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Tafoya SA, Jurado MM, Yépez NJ, Fouilloux M, and Lara MC
- Subjects
- Adolescent, Anger, Cross-Sectional Studies, Female, France, Hostility, Humans, Male, Mental Disorders psychology, Mexico epidemiology, Sex Factors, Sleep Initiation and Maintenance Disorders epidemiology, Sleep Initiation and Maintenance Disorders psychology, Sleep Wake Disorders epidemiology, Young Adult, Emotions, Sleep Wake Disorders psychology, Stress, Psychological epidemiology, Students, Medical psychology
- Abstract
The purpose of this study was to describe sleep difficulties in first year medical students associated with psychopathological symptoms. A cross-sectional study in 572 Medicine students, who were assessed by the Symptom Check List-90 (SCL-90), was performed. A 3.5% of students reported having a hard time sleeping, 6.3% had difficulty staying asleep and 11.4% waking up very early. Sleep difficulties were significantly associated with all psychopathological symptoms. The best predictors of sleep difficulties were anxiety, hostility and interpersonal sensitivity. In conclusion, the symptoms associated with stress, anger, worry, cognitive hyperarousal and hypervigilance are the best predictors for sleep difficulties in this population.
- Published
- 2013