Daytime Sleepiness among Medical Colleges’ Students in Jordan: Impact on Academic Performance

Table 3

Association between field of study and sleep-related variables. Table 3 chi-square results of the association between the specialty of the student and tested other categorial. Bolded numbers represent the highest percentages.

	School of Nursing	School of Pharmacy	School of Dentistry	School of Applied medical sciences	School of Medicine and surgery	Chi-square	p value
ESS scores
Normal	62.4%	60.3%	70.3%	63.6%	68.7%
Abnormal	37.6%	39.7%	29.7%	36.4%	31.3%	5.7	0.22
Total	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%
Night sleeping hours
<5	14.5%	19.5%	23.9%	12.8%	12.8%
5-5.9	21.1%	27.9%	25.8%	26.5%	28.2%	38.6	< 0.001
6-6.9	28.2%	34.4%	31.4%	26.1%	36.5%
>7	36.2%	18.2%	18.9%	34.6%	22.5%
Total	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%
Sleep quality
Good	62.5%	59.1%	55.8%	61.9%	56.1%	3.2	0.53
Bad	37.5%	40.9%	44.2%	38.1%	43.9%
Total	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%
Using sleeping pills
No	80.3%	70.1%	83.0%	75.4%	78.6%
Yes	19.7%	29.9%	17.0%	24.6%	21.4%	9.01	0.06
Total	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%