• Rbiya Javaid, Ain Ul Momina, Muhammad Zeeshan Sarwar, and Syed Asghar Naqi.
• Gynae Operation Theatre, DHQ Hospital, Kasur, Pakistan.
• J Coll Physicians Surg Pak. 2020 Aug 1; 30 (8): 844-848.

ObjectiveTo assess the effect of sleep quality on academic performance of medical university students.Study DesignDescriptive study.Place And Duration Of StudyKing Edward Medical University, Lahore, from December 2017 to April 2018.MethodologySecond to final year Medical and Allied Health Sciences students filled out questionnaires that comprised of three major components. With the help of questionnaire, demographic data about the subjects along with academic scores were collected. Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI) and Epworth Sleeping Scale (ESS) were used to collect the data. Qualitative variables are represented as frequencies and percentages; while, quantitative variables are reported as mean along with standard deviation ± S.D. Chi-square and was applied for statistical significance, and p-value <0.05 was considered.ResultsA total of 810 students, including both MBBS and Allied Health Sciences (AHS), filled out the questionnaire. Among those, 564 (69.6%) were females and 246 (30.4%) were males. Overall, mean age was 21.35 ±1.51 years. Of the total, 418 (51.6%) were from MBBS programme and 392 (48.4%) were from AHS. No significant relationship was found between PSQI and academic scores. However, academic scores had a strong association with ESS scores.ConclusionAlthough the majority of the studied students had poor sleep; but its effect on academic scores was not significant. Key Words: Sleep quality, Medical students, Academic performance.

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