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OLIVEIRA, Jorgia Cibele Souza Silva; FLORIO, Flávia Martão  e  ZANIN, Luciane. FACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH SLEEP DISORDERS IN UNIVERSITY STUDENTS. ETD - Educ. Temat. Digit. [online]. 2023, vol.25, e023057. ISSN 1676-2592.  https://doi.org/10.20396/etd.v25i00.8667710.

This study aimed to assess the prevalence of sleep disorders and associated factors in university students. This is a quantitative cross-sectional epidemiological study that evaluated 710 university students in 2020, through the application of two questionnaires. Internet addiction was assessed using the Internet Addiction Test (IAT) and sleep quality using the Pittsburgh Scale. The prevalence of university students with sleep disorders was 24.5% (95%CI: 21.3% - 27.7%), being higher among females (26.7%) and among students over 27 years of age. years (30.6%). It is also observed that university students aged over 27 years are 1.67 (95%CI: 1.05-2.66) more likely to have sleep disorders than younger students. The prevalence of university students with internet addiction was 16.9% and that being female and more dependent on the internet increased by 1.55 (95%CI: 1.08- 2.24) and 2.72 (95%CI: 1.79-4.14) times more likely to have a sleep disorder (p<0.05). There was a significant association of the presence of sleep disorder with sex and age (p<0.05). It was found that university students with greater dependence on the internet in the domain abandoning social life are more likely to have sleep disorders (OR=2.03 95%CI: 1.42-2.89). It is concluded that being female and having a greater dependence on the internet and presenting abandonment of social life increased the chance of having a sleep disorder.

Palavras-chave : Internet; Sleep; University students; Behavior; Social atitudes.

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