Research Article

Sleep Quality and Emotional State of Medical Students in Dubai

Table 5

Correlation between sleep disturbance/use of sleeping medication/daytime functioning with the total duration of sleep and the self-rated overall sleep quality.

Total duration of sleepOverall sleep quality

Sleep disturbance:
 Frequency of breathing difficulty-0.2180.082
 Frequency of coughing or snoring loudly-0.106-0.125
 Frequency of pain-0.2220.150
Use of sleeping medication:
 Frequency of taking sleeping medication-0.215-0.167
Daytime functioning:
 Frequency of difficulty in staying awake during the day-0.333-0.321
 Keeping up enough enthusiasm to get things done0.3840.388

Correlation coefficients are presented in the above table , , and .