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Título

ASSESSMENT OF THE QUALITY OF SLEEP OF MEDICAL RESIDENTS AND INTERNS AT A PUBLIC UNIVERSITY IN CENTRAL WESTERN BRAZIL.

Introdução

Medical training requires a large workload of training in shifts where medical residents and internal students are exposed to working hours with few hours dedicated to rest. This can lead to sleep deprivation and, consequently, inhibition of the physiological processes that take place during this period. Memorization, learning and attention are among these processes compromised by poor sleep quality and can impair performance of people.

Objetivo

To evaluate the sleep quality and daytime sleepiness of medical interns and residents.

Métodos

This is a cross-sectional and observational study with online data collection through two self-administered questionnaires, the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI), the Epworth Sleepiness Scale (ESS), to medical residents and interns at the public university in central western Brazil. The process of tabulating the information collected was carried out using the computer program, Microsoft Excel. The Free and Informed Consent Term (ICF) was applied, as approved by the Ethical Committee.

Resultados

In the study developed, it was identified that 66.67% of the interns had poor sleep, among them about 27.78% had some disorder, while among residents the disorder occurred in 22.5%, with 73.33% of them had poor sleep quality, but in the comparison between the groups this difference was not statistically significant (p 0.79). Among the internals, 79.16% reported having difficulty sleeping, and the proportion of medical residents who experienced this situation was similar. Regarding the use of sleeping pills, there was a rate of 34.16% among residents, while among internals the rate was 59.72%. The average number of hours of sleep was five hours per night in both groups. Differently, in the daytime sleepiness survey, the percentage of sleepiness classified as excessive was 70.83% among the internals and 89.17% in the group of residents, with p 0.0003 in the comparison between the groups.

Conclusões

The assessment of sleep quality was compromised in both groups evaluated. But daytime sleepiness resonated more among residents, although the use of sleeping pills is almost twice as high among internals. These data are in accordance with the literature and should serve as an important alert for educators in the elaboration of teaching projects in these groups aimed at the physical and mental health of students and patient safety.

Palavras -chave

Sleepiness, Sleep quality, Health