Sleep hours and academic performance in university students
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academic performance, dream, learning, teachingAbstract
Introduction: Academic performance is conceptualized as the value attributed to the learning outcomes of university students in a given subject area compared to the level of knowledge expected of their peers. It is determined by several factors, especially those related to the students themselves.
Objective: To identify whether there is a relationship between sleep hours and academic performance in university students.
Method: A descriptive and correlational study was conducted; the sample consisted of 235 students from a sample of 597 students from the Escuela Superior Politécnica de Chimborazo. The variables determined were the students' general characteristics, sleep hours, and academic performance. To analyze the relationship between sleep and performance, the Pearson correlation test was applied.
Results: The average age was 23.51 years, with a predominance of students between 23 and 25 years old (51.49%) and females (67.66%). 34.89% of the students reported sleeping less than 4 hours, while 40.85% reported sleeping between 4 and 6 hours daily. Students with academic performance between 8.0 and 9.0 points predominated (48.51%), followed by the group of students who achieved less than 8.0 points in academic performance.
Conclusions: A positive correlation was identified between the hours of sleep and the academic performance of university students, so sleep can be considered a factor that favors their academic performance.
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