Impact of Sleep Quality on Educational Performance of College Students in Saudi Arabia

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Course name: Healthcare Research
Course number: PHC 215
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Student name: Ahmed Hadi Zakri
Student number (ID): 160153293
Submission date: 02/08/2019
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The topic of study
The impact of sleep quality on educational performance of college students in Saudi Arabia
Study question
What is the impact of sleep quality on the educational performance of college students in
Saudi Arabia?
Goal of the research
The primary objective of this study is to ascertain the impacts of sleep quality on the
educational performance of college students in Saud Arabia.
The significance of the study topic
Sleep is equally regarded as a fundamental biological need for the human body just like
water, air and food. Quality sleep is significant for learning, effective decision making,
quality memory, and critical thinking. Sleep deprivation has been found to be common
among students pursuing higher education due to the amount of knowledge they have to
gather over a short period of time. As a result, such students have a high risk of disorders
such as Alzheimer’s disease (Peter-Derex, Yammine, Bastuji, & Croisile, 2015). Moreover,
poor sleeping patterns reported among university students’ causes sleepiness and leads to low
emotional, cognitive, behavioural and academic performance.
Scopes in health
Incidence of poor sleep quality among learners in higher education
Approximately 70% of university students in Saudi Arabia have poor sleep quality patterns,
with 37% experiencing Excessive Daytime Sleepiness (EDS). The world statistics show that
over 50% have poor sleeping patterns (Ibrahim, Badawi, Mansouri, Ainousa, & Jambi, 2017).

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Increased risk for poor academic performance, stress, and drug abuse
Poor sleep quality among students in higher education due to the magnitude of the content of
the study leads to poor academic performance. This can be attributed to excessive daytime
sleepiness and lecture absenteeism. Students that smoke is likely to experience poor sleep
quality.
Introduction
Sleep is very significant in the health of human beings. Loss of sleep or poor sleep patterns
facilitates the risk for other health complications such as Alzheimer’s disease (Peter-Derex, et
al., 2015). Experts in sleep recommend eight hours sleep daytime. However, due to the
increasing content of university education to meet the needs of a dynamic society, students
have to cope-up with it by depriving themselves of sleep. Sleep deprivation among students
has been attributed to poor attention, memory and lack of critical thinking which affects their
overall academic performance. It is very important to have a proper sleep in order to maintain
the restorative and reparative bodily function of the human body (Mahfouz et al., 2014). The
quality of sleep is a serious area of concern for the students as in many studies, it is observed
that, students have issues with their sleep. In a study by Hershener & Chervin (2014)
suggested that , due to sleep deprivation, 50% of the college student has reported day time
sleeping and almost 70% of the total subject population reported about the insufficient sleep.
It can be said that, the impairment in adequate sleep pattern can cause serious threat to the
academic life of the students and along with this it can serious health consequences such as
depression, risk of obesity (Owens & Adolescent Sleep Working Group, 2014). This
discussion will highlight on the impact of sleep deprivation on the academic performance of
the students of Saudi Arabia.
Key terms
Academic Performance, sleep quality