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Central Annals of Public Health and Research Cite this article: Nasr Eldeen SK, Alssadh H, Mashharawy S (2018) Associations between Good Dietary Intake Habits and Sleep Quality with Academic Achievement among Inaya Medical College Students. Ann Public Health Res 5(4): 1084. Abstract It is a new study explained the association of sleep quality and dietary intake with academic achievement among Saudi Arabia medical students. Although, the relationship between sleep quality and dietary intake together with academic performance has not been examined in Saudi Arabia; this study examined this relationship among one hundred Saudi Arabian medical students in INAYA medical college, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. We invited volunteer students to respond to a written survey, which asked about their dietary intake habits and sleep quality for 2 weeks before filling out the survey. Various questions of dietary intake and sleep quality were then compared between the students and we recorded the student’s grade point average (GPA) from the college computer system. We found a significant relationship (p < 0.0001) between excellent academic achievement (GPA) of the previous years of all volunteer students and dietary intake habits and good sleep time. *Corresponding author Samah K. Nasr Eldeen, Department of Clinical Laboratories Science, Inaya Medical College, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Email Submitted: 08 November 2018 Accepted: 12 December 2018 Published: 14 December 2018 Copyright © 2018 Nasr Eldeen et al. OPEN ACCESS Keywords • Dietary habits • Sleep quality • Academic performance • Medical students • Saudi Arabia Review Article Associations between Good Dietary Intake Habits and Sleep Quality with Academic Achievement among Inaya Medical College Students Samah K. Nasr Eldeen*, Hussain Alssadh, and Saida Mashharawy Department of Clinical Laboratories Science, Inaya Medical College, Saudi Arabia INTRODUCTION All over the world, there are big numbers of students who register at the university or college education for example in the USA only about 20.2 million students by 2014 reflecting a 4.9 million increase since 2000 [1]. In the UK, there were 2.3 million university students in 2016, 17% higher than in 2000 [2], while in Australia, enrolments have increased from 700,000 to over 1.2 million students in the same period [3,4]. The incoming future success of college graduates in their careers , after the college years is associated with health and sleep quality and these all previous factors are significantly influenced by academic achievement at the university years [5]. So it is apoint of interest to determine the factors influenced with higher and successful academic achievement. Dietary habits and sleep quality were influenced by many factors such as coffee intake times, sugar- containing food like dates, tea intake, vegetables, fruit intake, and fast foods. Dietary habits and sleep quality affect medical student physical, mental health, and working and thinking capacity [6]. In addition, healthy diet and high sleep time has been related and associated with excellent academic achievement [7], however, the unhealthy diet and poor sleep time have been related to poor academic achievement and so it influenced on the health, feelings, and wellbeing among the medical students [8]. In the current study, we examined the relationship between the dietary habits and sleep quality with academic performance among female medical students in INAYA medical college, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia by comparing the academic performance between students. This study aimed to improve lifestyle of the medical students by advising them to replace the fast food to healthy food and improving the sleep quality by increasing the sleep hours in the night. SUBJECTS AND METHODS Study design This study based on academic performance was conducted at INAYA medical college, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Subjects This study aimed to compare the academic performance between the students in who scored from A+ (excellent) to D (pass) in the previous semesters, those with score F (fail) were excluded from the study. One hundred female medical students responded to the questionnaire, INAYA medical college was stratified as A+ Exceptional, A(excellent) B+(Superior) B (Very good), C+ (above average), C (Good), and D+ (high path), D (path) and F (fail). We arranged a meeting with the participated students and explained all questions to all students and also the research objectives and how to fill the written survey. We distributed the survey and participation was voluntary and unpaid. All the participants signed a written informed consent form.
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Cite this article: Nasr Eldeen SK, Alssadh H, Mashharawy S (2018) Associations between Good Dietary Intake Habits and Sleep Quality with Academic Achievement among Inaya Medical College Students. Ann Public Health Res 5(4): 1084.
Abstract
It is a new study explained the association of sleep quality and dietary intake with academic achievement among Saudi Arabia medical students. Although, the relationship between sleep quality and dietary intake together with academic performance has not been examined in Saudi Arabia; this study examined this relationship among one hundred Saudi Arabian medical students in INAYA medical college, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. We invited volunteer students to respond to a written survey, which asked about their dietary intake habits and sleep quality for 2 weeks before filling out the survey. Various questions of dietary intake and sleep quality were then compared between the students and we recorded the student’s grade point average (GPA) from the college computer system. We found a significant relationship (p < 0.0001) between excellent academic achievement (GPA) of the previous years of all volunteer students and dietary intake habits and good sleep time.
*Corresponding authorSamah K. Nasr Eldeen, Department of Clinical Laboratories Science, Inaya Medical College, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Email
Submitted: 08 November 2018
Accepted: 12 December 2018
Published: 14 December 2018
Copyright© 2018 Nasr Eldeen et al.
OPEN ACCESS
Keywords•Dietary habits•Sleep quality•Academic performance•Medical students•Saudi Arabia
Review Article
Associations between Good Dietary Intake Habits and Sleep Quality with Academic Achievement among Inaya Medical College StudentsSamah K. Nasr Eldeen*, Hussain Alssadh, and Saida MashharawyDepartment of Clinical Laboratories Science, Inaya Medical College, Saudi Arabia
INTRODUCTIONAll over the world, there are big numbers of students who
register at the university or college education for example in the USA only about 20.2 million students by 2014 reflecting a 4.9 million increase since 2000 [1]. In the UK, there were 2.3 million university students in 2016, 17% higher than in 2000 [2], while in Australia, enrolments have increased from 700,000 to over 1.2 million students in the same period [3,4]. The incoming future success of college graduates in their careers , after the college years is associated with health and sleep quality and these all previous factors are significantly influenced by academic achievement at the university years [5]. So it is apoint of interest to determine the factors influenced with higher and successful academic achievement. Dietary habits and sleep quality were influenced by many factors such as coffee intake times, sugar-containing food like dates, tea intake, vegetables, fruit intake, and fast foods. Dietary habits and sleep quality affect medical student physical, mental health, and working and thinking capacity [6].
In addition, healthy diet and high sleep time has been related and associated with excellent academic achievement [7], however, the unhealthy diet and poor sleep time have been related to poor academic achievement and so it influenced on the health, feelings, and wellbeing among the medical students [8].
In the current study, we examined the relationship between the dietary habits and sleep quality with academic performance
among female medical students in INAYA medical college, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia by comparing the academic performance between students. This study aimed to improve lifestyle of the medical students by advising them to replace the fast food to healthy food and improving the sleep quality by increasing the sleep hours in the night.
SUBJECTS AND METHODSStudy design
This study based on academic performance was conducted at INAYA medical college, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Subjects
This study aimed to compare the academic performance between the students in who scored from A+ (excellent) to D (pass) in the previous semesters, those with score F (fail) were excluded from the study. One hundred female medical students responded to the questionnaire, INAYA medical college was stratified as A+ Exceptional, A(excellent) B+(Superior) B (Very good), C+ (above average), C (Good), and D+ (high path), D (path) and F (fail). We arranged a meeting with the participated students and explained all questions to all students and also the research objectives and how to fill the written survey. We distributed the survey and participation was voluntary and unpaid. All the participants signed a written informed consent form.
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Students were asked to fill the survey and answered questions about the dietary habits for 2 weeks before the study and also questions that measured the sleep quality of all participated students. Data were collected at the beginning of the first semester 2018/2019 to avoid stress times before and during exams.Approval for the study was provided by the ethical committees of INAYA medical College, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Statistical analysis
Data were analyzed by using statistical software (Graph pad prism version 7), Descriptive statistics were reported as means unpaired t-test was used for testing the significant difference between study groups. The results were considered statistically significant when p ≤ 0.05.
RESULTS AND DISCUSSIONBad dietary habits and also poor sleep quality has been
reported to be associated with poor academic performance [9], cardiovascular events, and metabolic syndromes. This study assessed the association between dietary habits and sleep quality with academic performance in INAYA medical college medical students. We found a significant relationship between academic achievements and dietary habits. One hundred medical students were enrolled in the study, and complete the written survey.
As shown in Figure 1, there is a significant relationship between dietary habits and academic achievement (p < 0.0001) between the medical students. As shown in Figure 1, there is a significant relationship between dietary habits and academic achievement (p < 0.0001) between the medical students. We found also as shown in Figure 2, there is a significant relationship between sleep quality and academic achievement (p < 0.0001) between students.
Unhealthy dietary habits and poor sleep quality affects the stability of the students through a lack of concentration and inability to work during the day [10] that affect academic performance.
In the current study, the percentage of students which use to eat unhealthy food is more than the percentage of students which use to eat healthy food (P = 0.047). Sleep duration ranged from 3to 8 h with a mean of 7.00 ± 1.9 in the excellent group, and 6.30 ± 2.0 in the average student group and a significant difference was found between the two groups of medical students (P = 0.047).
Due to the growing concerns about the association of poor sleep quality with many physical and mental diseases, it is imperative to conduct additional research to examine potential causes and implement appropriate preventive measures and treatment when needed.
CONCLUSIONA strong association is evident between healthy food and
good sleep quality with high and excellent academic performance. We recommended improving the dietary behavior and also sleeping time behavior among INAYA medical college students by providing health education on proper. Healthy food and better scheduling of lectures are highly recommended.
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Figure 1 The relationship between dietary habits and GPA.
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Figure 2 The relationship between sleep quality and GPA.
ACKNOWLEDGMENTSWe would like to acknowledge Professor Abdullah Albikiri,
dean of INAYA medical college for the great help and support to us throughout this work. This research was self-funded by authors and no any organization provided any financial assistance.
COMPETING INTERESTSThe authors declare that they have no competing interests
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