Overweight Ecuadorian undergraduate medical students show higher levels of daytime sleepiness and poor sleep quality. Quito, Ecuador.

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Introduction: Some studies have demonstrated the association between overweight or obesity and sleep, speci cally with poor sleep quality. The objective of this paper is to examine the association between sleep quality, excessive somnolence with body mass index (BMI) in medical students. Method: This cross-sectional study included 219 subjects. Sleep quality was measured using the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI) and somnolence with Epworth Sleepiness Scale (ESS). Results: The overall mean BMI was 23.08 kg/m2. We found that 17.4% of the students were overweight or obese. The mean value for ESS was 10.21±3.98 points, showing that 42.0% of all the students has diurnal sleepiness. The mean score for PSQI was of 8.04±2.78 and we observed that 86.3% of the students had poor quality of sleep. PSQI index was higher in overweight and obese students. The mean self-reported nightly sleep duration was 6.3 hours and 37.5% of the students has a sleep e ciency under 85%. Poor sleep quality and BMI were signi cantly and positive correlated. Conclusions: Poor sleep quality is a common condition in medical students among overweight and obese subjects.

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2022

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