A study to evaluate Sleep knowledge among Medical students in a Medical College in North India
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A study to evaluate Sleep knowledge among Medical students in a Medical College in North India Gagneen Kaur Sandhu1 · Avnish Kumar2 · Tripat Deep Singh3 Received: 12 May 2020 / Revised: 16 July 2020 / Accepted: 11 August 2020 © Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2020
Abstract Introduction This study was designed so as to use a standardised, validated questionnaire developed specifically to assess Sleep knowledge among Medical education. It was also planned to assess if an educational intervention would improve knowledge related to sleep among these students. Materials and methods A cross sectional study was conducted on first year medical students of Govt. Medical College Patiala, just prior to the end of their first year. The Assessment of Sleep Knowledge in Medical Education (ASKME) Survey, which was designed as a standardized measure for the assessment of medical education in sleep, was administered as a pretest and post-test, with an educational intervention in between. Results Among the 160 students who consented to participate in the study, the posttest mean score (73.75 ± 12.22%) was significantly higher than the pre-test mean score (41.83 ± 10.88%) [p value = 0.000]. In the pre-test, 10 students (6.25%) out of 160 were in the high score group, while in the post-test, 144 students (90%) out of 160 students were in the high score group. Conclusion The present study demonstrated that first year students in Medical colleges in India have poor knowledge regarding Sleep and Sleep Disorders. This paucity of knowledge can however be rectified with timely educational interventions. We propose that Medical colleges integrate Sleep Medicine into their Medical curriculum during different years of Medical education. Keywords Sleep knowledge · ASKME questionnaire · Sleep medicine · Medical students
1 Introduction On an average, human beings spend about a third of their lifetimes sleeping. It can therefore be expected that a fair number of disease states may manifest during this period of apparent quiescence. In fact, the International Classification of Sleep Disorders 3rd edition [1, 2] lists 84 different types of Sleep Disorders. However, in Medical school training, budding physicians are taught about the functioning of the human body and its disorders from the perspective of wakefulness alone. During the four-and-half years of training, only about an hour is spent on Sleep Physiology in the first
* Tripat Deep Singh [email protected] 1
151 B Sarabha Nagar, Patiala, Punjab, India
2
6B City Centre Apartments, Patiala, Punjab, India
3
Phillips Electronics, Singapore, Singapore
year of medical undergraduate curriculum. Thereafter nothing is taught about Sleep or Sleep disorders. In a multicentric study from Tamil Nadu [3], involving six Medical colleges, the authors concluded that future doctors have insufficient knowledge with more misconceptions (indirectly reflecting inadequate knowledge) regarding Sleep, and that there is a compelling need to develop an educational stra
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