Assessing the perception and knowledge of voluntary medical male circumcision among middle aged men in peri-urban, Blantyre
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18-10-21
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Kamuzu University of Health Sciencies
Abstract
Adequate sleep contributes to a student’s overall health and wellbeing. Getting proper amount of
sleep helps one to stay focused, improve concentration and academic performance. Studies have
shown that most youths who do not get enough sleep have a high risk of having many health
problems including, obesity, DM type 2, poor mental health and injuries. They are more likely to
have attention and behavioral problems which can contribute to poor academic performance.
College students are among the most susceptible group of people to poor sleeping habits due to
the increased academic pressure. Recent studies have shown that students with medical related
majors are more likely to have poor quality of sleep in comparison to those with a humanities
major. Despite the established evidence on how important sleep is, no studies have been
conducted here in Malawi to assess quality of sleep among college students.
This study seeks to bridge this gap by assessing quality of sleep and its associated factors among
undergraduate medical students at Kamuzu University of Health sciences, Blantyre campus,
Malawi. This research will be a cross sectional study design. Our problem objectives will be to
establish the association between quality of sleep and other factors such as gender and mental
health. A sample size of 428 will be used and participants will be systematically selected from
the classes. Questionnaires will be used to collect data on both sleep quality and mental health. A
Pittsburgh sleep quality index (PSQI) and patient health questionnaire (PHQ 9) will be used
respectively. Data will be entered into excel and analyzed using epi info software.
By the end of the study we expect get data on quality of sleep among medical students as well as
its associated factors. This assessment will help us evaluate the extent of the burden of poor sleep
among college students and how much this burden is affecting their life more especially
academic performance. In the end we will be able to develop proper interventions such as proper
sensitization on good sleep health. This will ensure that students get good quality sleep and in
turn reduce the complications associated with poor sleep.
The results of this study will be presented in a full report to COMREC. We will also present our
study findings at an annual College research dissemination conference. The results will also be
made available on medical research journal websites