Sleep Quality and its Lifestyle Associated Factors among Secondary School Students in an Egyptian City

Introduction: sleep is critically important to human being as it can properly maintain mental and physical health.

Study objectives: to determine the predictors of poor sleep quality among secondary school students in Egyptian city.

Material and Methods: a cross sectional study was conducted among secondary school students in Assiut. students were selected randomly by multistage stratified random sampling technique Data was collected using a self-administered questionnaire that included demographic data, Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI), lifestyle factors associated with poor sleep quality.

Results: The prevalence of poor sleep among participants was 72.5%. poor sleep quality was more prevalent among females, public school students, urban residents and male students who use illicit drugs. Significant Correlates of poor sleep quality by multivariate analysis were urban residence, using illicit drugs, using internet and mobile phones, irregular breakfast and dinner taking, regular eating carbohydrate and snacks, drinking caffeinated drinks and daytime napping.

Conclusion: poor sleep quality was critically important problem among secondary school student with many lifestyle factors as using illicit drugs, using internet and mobile phones for long time, irregular breakfast and. Dinner time, caffeinated drinks after 6pm and day time napping. Increasing the awareness about healthy sleep is an essential priority especially by focusing programs on adolescents with lifestyle risk factors.

Keywords: Sleep quality; Lifestyle correlates; Secondary schools

Abbreviations: PSQI: Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index