Calidad del sueño en estudiantes de medicina durante la pandemia por COVID-19. Sleep quality in medicine students during the COVID-19 pandemic

Abstract

Objective: evaluate the quality of sleep in Venezuelan medicine students during May and June 2020, contingency due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Method: quantitative approach, evaluative type, cross-sectional design, not experimental. The sample consisted of 437 medicine students over 18 years of age from the universities of Venezuela during the COVID-19 quarantine, who gave their informed consent and responded to the survey prepared in Google Forms since May 1, 2020 until June 1, 2020. Results: 104 men (24.9%) and 313 women (75.1%), the ages were between 18 and 30 years, the mean and standard deviation was 22.61 ± 2,864 years. As for sleep time before quarantine, it was 6.844 ± 1.5776 hours, while during quarantine it was 7.936 ± 1.6757 hours, finding statistically significant differences (p <0.001). In the quality of sleep, differences were found according to sex (p = 0.002), specifically in the dimensions of insomnia by sex (p = 0.036), hyperinsomnia by sex (p = 0.016), hyperinsomnia by university (p = 0.003). Conclusions: The hours of sleep before and during quarantine showed differences, being greater after confinement. Regarding the quality of sleep, women were more affected in relation to insomnia and hyperinsomnia.