Sleeping pattern of medical students preceding viva examination and their performance

Ansari, Mukhtar

Article:
Sleeping pattern of medical students preceding viva examination and their performance

creativeworkseries.issn	JNMA Print ISSN: 0028-2715; Online ISSN: 1815-672X
dc.contributor.author	Ansari, Mukhtar
dc.creator.affiliation	Department of Clinical Pharmacy, College of Pharmacy, University of Hail, Saudi Arabia.
dc.date.accessioned	2026-09-29T08:44:17Z
dc.date.available	2026-09-29T08:44:17Z
dc.date.issued	2015
dc.description.abstract	Abstract Introduction: Sleep is an important determinant of keeping healthy physically and mentally. Deviation in sleep is a common problem among students during examinations. The purpose of this study is to determine studentsâ€™ sleep pattern during night preceding viva examination and its correlation with performance. Methods: This was a cross-sectional prospective study conducted between January and February 2014 among 1st and 2nd year MBBS students of National Medical College, Birgunj, Nepal who appeared in Universityâ€™s final practical examinations. Based on simple random sampling approach, each of the 280 participants was allowed to pick out five pieces of lottery papers and they were asked the five questions resembling the number in the list of questions. Results: Among the total 280 students, 74.6% were from India and 25.4% were from Nepal, and majorities (63%) of them were males. Fifty two percent of the students either could not sleep at all or slept just for 1 to 1.5 hours while 12% slept for 5 to 6.5 hours. Two-third (66%) of the students was able enough to achieve one to two scores, and only 1.8% could succeed to get the maximum score of five. The correlation between hours of sleep preceding examination and the score achieved was positively (r=0.701) and statistically significantly correlated (p<0.001). Conclusions: There is a trend among the medical students either not to sleep or sleep only for few hours preceding viva examination that result in poor performance in examinations. Keywords: Medical; Nepal; Performance; Sleep deprivation; Students.
dc.identifier.doi	https://doi.org/10.31729/jnma.2742
dc.identifier.uri	https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14572/7895
dc.language.iso	en_US
dc.publisher	Nepal Medical Association
dc.subject	Medical
dc.subject	Nepal
dc.subject	Performance
dc.subject	Sleep deprivation
dc.subject	Students
dc.title	Sleeping pattern of medical students preceding viva examination and their performance
dc.type	Article
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