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The association between insomnia & stress levels among Faculty of Health Sciences students

University students are more susceptible to insomnia due to the stress from academic, social and other physical factors surrounding their studies. This study was conducted to ascertain and compare the prevalence of insomnia and stress levels among the students from the Faculty of Health Sciences,...

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Main Authors: Azrin Natasha Amin,, Sharifah Nadrah Syed Idrus,, Fazlin Hazirah Mohd,, Nur Izzati Nadiah Nor Azman,, Nurul Fadhilah Safrina Hamzah,, Siti Hasmahidayah Haswadi,, Siti Shahara Zulfakar,
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Published: Pusat Pengurusan & Pembangunan Mahasiswa, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2021
Online Access:http://journalarticle.ukm.my/17921/1/Artikel-3_Siti-Shahara_FSK.pdf
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https://www.ukm.my/personalia/publication-category/volume-24-number-2-december-2021/
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spelling my-ukm.journal.179212022-01-13T01:59:05Z http://journalarticle.ukm.my/17921/ The association between insomnia & stress levels among Faculty of Health Sciences students Azrin Natasha Amin, Sharifah Nadrah Syed Idrus, Fazlin Hazirah Mohd, Nur Izzati Nadiah Nor Azman, Nurul Fadhilah Safrina Hamzah, Siti Hasmahidayah Haswadi, Siti Shahara Zulfakar, University students are more susceptible to insomnia due to the stress from academic, social and other physical factors surrounding their studies. This study was conducted to ascertain and compare the prevalence of insomnia and stress levels among the students from the Faculty of Health Sciences, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, and to study the association between stress and insomnia. Results from the Perceived Stress Scale (PSS) score found that 79.01% of the respondents reported moderate stress, in which the highest stress level was found among the 3rd Year students with a mean PSS Score of 19.5 ± 5.36. No significant difference between the stress levels among different academic years was detected. By utilising the Insomnia Severity Index (ISI), less than half of the students were clinically insomniacs, in which 54.73% of the students reported no clinically significant insomnia while 32.10% and 13.7% suffer from subthreshold insomnia and clinical insomnia (moderate severity), respectively. There exists a statistically significant difference (p<0.05) between the insomnia scores among different academic years, with the highest mean ISI score obtained by 2nd Year Students (9.16 ± 5.68). The results indicate a medium positive correlation between insomnia and stress level, as r= 0.33, p<0.001. The findings from this study will help develop stress management strategies to maximise the quality and quantity of sleep among university students. Pusat Pengurusan & Pembangunan Mahasiswa, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2021 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://journalarticle.ukm.my/17921/1/Artikel-3_Siti-Shahara_FSK.pdf Azrin Natasha Amin, and Sharifah Nadrah Syed Idrus, and Fazlin Hazirah Mohd, and Nur Izzati Nadiah Nor Azman, and Nurul Fadhilah Safrina Hamzah, and Siti Hasmahidayah Haswadi, and Siti Shahara Zulfakar, (2021) The association between insomnia & stress levels among Faculty of Health Sciences students. Jurnal Personalia Pelajar, 24 (2). pp. 129-140. ISSN 0128-2735 https://www.ukm.my/personalia/publication-category/volume-24-number-2-december-2021/
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description University students are more susceptible to insomnia due to the stress from academic, social and other physical factors surrounding their studies. This study was conducted to ascertain and compare the prevalence of insomnia and stress levels among the students from the Faculty of Health Sciences, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, and to study the association between stress and insomnia. Results from the Perceived Stress Scale (PSS) score found that 79.01% of the respondents reported moderate stress, in which the highest stress level was found among the 3rd Year students with a mean PSS Score of 19.5 ± 5.36. No significant difference between the stress levels among different academic years was detected. By utilising the Insomnia Severity Index (ISI), less than half of the students were clinically insomniacs, in which 54.73% of the students reported no clinically significant insomnia while 32.10% and 13.7% suffer from subthreshold insomnia and clinical insomnia (moderate severity), respectively. There exists a statistically significant difference (p<0.05) between the insomnia scores among different academic years, with the highest mean ISI score obtained by 2nd Year Students (9.16 ± 5.68). The results indicate a medium positive correlation between insomnia and stress level, as r= 0.33, p<0.001. The findings from this study will help develop stress management strategies to maximise the quality and quantity of sleep among university students.
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author Azrin Natasha Amin,
Sharifah Nadrah Syed Idrus,
Fazlin Hazirah Mohd,
Nur Izzati Nadiah Nor Azman,
Nurul Fadhilah Safrina Hamzah,
Siti Hasmahidayah Haswadi,
Siti Shahara Zulfakar,
spellingShingle Azrin Natasha Amin,
Sharifah Nadrah Syed Idrus,
Fazlin Hazirah Mohd,
Nur Izzati Nadiah Nor Azman,
Nurul Fadhilah Safrina Hamzah,
Siti Hasmahidayah Haswadi,
Siti Shahara Zulfakar,
The association between insomnia & stress levels among Faculty of Health Sciences students
author_facet Azrin Natasha Amin,
Sharifah Nadrah Syed Idrus,
Fazlin Hazirah Mohd,
Nur Izzati Nadiah Nor Azman,
Nurul Fadhilah Safrina Hamzah,
Siti Hasmahidayah Haswadi,
Siti Shahara Zulfakar,
author_sort Azrin Natasha Amin,
title The association between insomnia & stress levels among Faculty of Health Sciences students
title_short The association between insomnia & stress levels among Faculty of Health Sciences students
title_full The association between insomnia & stress levels among Faculty of Health Sciences students
title_fullStr The association between insomnia & stress levels among Faculty of Health Sciences students
title_full_unstemmed The association between insomnia & stress levels among Faculty of Health Sciences students
title_sort association between insomnia & stress levels among faculty of health sciences students
publisher Pusat Pengurusan & Pembangunan Mahasiswa, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
publishDate 2021
url http://journalarticle.ukm.my/17921/1/Artikel-3_Siti-Shahara_FSK.pdf
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https://www.ukm.my/personalia/publication-category/volume-24-number-2-december-2021/
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