Epidemiology of Sleep Disorder and its Relevant Factors in Kermanshah University Students

The purpose of the present study is to investigate epidemiology of sleep disorder and its relevant factors in University students. Method: the method of this study was sectional- descriptive and analytical. 300 students with the mean age of 25 5 which 189 persons (63%) were men and 111 persons (37%) were women were selected by multi-stepped random sampling method who were all the samples in this study. For investigating sleep disorder, Petersburg’s quality of sleeping inquiry and Eporth’s sleepiness survey were applied. Data were analyzed by frequency statistic method, percentage and t test. Findings: in the present study, 41% of the investigated people had favorite sleeping, 59% had undesirable sleeping, and 53% had daily sleepiness. There was a significant statistic relationship between the extent of sleeping quality, sleeping disorder, sleeping mental quality and the students’ sleepiness. There was a significant difference between sleep disorder and the students’ marriage states.

: Sleep disorder, Sleep quality, Sleepiness.