Prevalence of Insomnia of Nursing and Midwifery Students

Wednesday, 9 July 2008
Farshid Shamsaei, MSc , Psychiatric Nursing, Assistant Research Scientist, Hamedan, Iran

Learning Objective 1: assess the prevalence of sleeping problems in the nursing and midwifery students

Learning Objective 2: assess relation to sociodemographic characteristics and sleeping problems in the nursing and midwifery students

Objectives: The aim of this study was to assess the prevalence of sleeping problems in the nursing and midwifery students.

Methods: This research is a descriptive study. The participants consist of 321 individual were selected by census sampling. Data were collected by questionnaire.

Results: Nearly one-fourth of suffered nursing and midwifery students from insomnia.

The percentage was significantly higher among women (28.1%) than among Men (18.1%).

Conclusion: Sleep disorders distracted the physical and mental health of student's Emotional stress and anxiety are some factors of sleep disorders, with recognizing these factors, we can operate effective interventions.