Anxious-depressive symptoms and sleep quality in scholarship students of a private university in Piura, Peru

Castillo-Horna I.; Tapia-Bellina I. · Revista de Neuro-Psiquiatria (2024) · DOI: 10.20453/rnp.v87i1.5018

Resumen

Objective: To evaluate the association between anxious-depressive symptomatology and sleep quality in students of the Universidad de Piura (Perú) belonging to the “Beca 18” Program. Methods: Cross-sectional observational study that used the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI), the Zung’s Self-Anxiety Scale (SAS) and the Zung Depression Scale (SDS). Results: From the 293 participating scholarship students, 62.5% were “poor sleepers”, wheras 47.8% and 56.0%, respectively, presented some degree of anxious and depressive symptomatology; as well, it was found that as the anxious-depressive symptomatology increased, the quality of the students’ sleep worsened. Thus, a significant relationship (p<0.005) between sleep quality and anxiety and depressive symptoms, was documented. Conclusions: There is a significant tendency for Beca 18 university students with anxious-depressive symptoms to concomitantly experience a sleep pattern of poor quality.

Instituciones: Universidad de Piura