The cost of admission and academic exhaustion: Impacts of sleep quality on quality of life in pre-university students
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https://doi.org/10.33448/rsd-v15i5.51108Keywords:
Sleep Deprivation, Stress, Psychological, Students, Quality of Life, Sleep-Wake Disorders.Abstract
Objective: To evaluate sleep quality and its association with the perception of quality of life in pre-university students. Methods: An observational, cross-sectional, and analytical study with a quantitative approach, conducted with 90 students from three private institutions in the municipality of Anápolis (GO). Data were collected digitally using a sociodemographic questionnaire, the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI-BR), and the World Health Organization Quality of Life - BREF (WHOQOL-bref). Statistical analysis was performed using the SPSS software, adopting a significance level of p < 0.05. Results: The sample was characterized by a predominance of females (73.3%) and an age group between 18 and 20 years. A high prevalence of sleep impairment was observed: 64.4% of the participants were classified as having poor sleep and 15.6% with sleep disorders. Females presented worse sleep quality in a statistically significant manner (p = 0.031). A strong association was evidenced between worse PSQI-BR scores and the decline in total quality of life (p = 0.022), with more severe impacts on the physical (p = 0.006) and social relationships (p = 0.007) domains. Furthermore, 91.1% of the sample reported significant daytime dysfunction. Conclusion: The exhaustion of the pre-university phase systemically affects students' homeostasis, resulting in chronic sleep deprivation and deterioration of global quality of life. The impairment of the neuroendocrine axis and the high latency constitute a risk for early burnout, making prophylactic and resilience interventions imperative in the school environment.
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