Survey study, 2025
What affects sleep quality in nursing students?
Several factors affect sleep quality: perceived mental health, PMS symptoms, perceived stress, and psychological well-being. Together, these explained about half the differences in how well students slept.
What they did
Researchers surveyed 253 nursing students from May to August 2024 about their PMS symptoms, stress levels, psychological well-being, and sleep quality using questionnaires.
What they found
Overall, nursing students had above-average sleep quality. Sleep quality varied depending on smoking status and perceived mental health. Four factors influenced sleep quality: perceived mental health, PMS symptoms, perceived stress, and psychological well-being. These four factors together explained 48.3% of the differences in sleep quality.
What it means for you
The study identifies several factors related to sleep quality in nursing students. This suggests that reducing PMS and stress while improving well-being might help improve sleep. Because this is a cross-sectional study, we cannot determine cause and effect. Results apply only to nursing students.
253
nursing students surveyed
48.3%
of sleep quality differences explained by the four factors
About the study
- Original title
- The effect of premenstrual syndrome, perceived stress, and psychological well-being on the sleep quality of nursing students
- Authors
- Mi Kyung Kang, In-Kyoung Kim
- Journal
- Korean Association For Learner-Centered Curriculum And Instruction
- Year
- 2025
- Study design
- Survey study
- Participants
- 253
- What was tested
- None. This was an observational study.
- Read the paper
- doi.org/10.22251/jlcci.2025.25.3.1093
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