Prevalence and associated factors of sleeping pills use among students in a Malaysian university
Objective: This paper aimed to determine the prevalence of sleeping pills use among university students and its associated factors in Malaysia. Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted in January 2010 among 200 students from Management and Science University (MSU), Shah Alam, Malaysia. The...
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| description | Objective: This paper aimed to determine the prevalence of sleeping pills use among university students and its associated factors in Malaysia. Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted in January 2010 among 200 students from Management and Science University (MSU), Shah Alam, Malaysia. The survey was conducted by distributing self-administered questionnaires. The questionnaire was developed based on the literature review. The students were chosen randomly using convenience sampling. Results: A total of 200 university students participated in this study. The prevalence of using sleeping pills among university students is 7.5%. The majority of the participants were Malay 146 (73.0%), from urban area 169 (84.5%), from medical and health sciences background 101 (50.5%). This study showed that there is a significant relationship between using sleeping pills and depression (p= 0.03). There is also a significant relationship between using sleeping pills and inducing sleep by reading (p=0.04). Conclusion: The prevalence of sleeping pills usage among university students is relatively high. This study showed that there is a significant relationship between using sleeping pills and depression. |
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| spelling | iium-40782011-10-20T07:09:31Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/4078/ Prevalence and associated factors of sleeping pills use among students in a Malaysian university Al-Naggar, Redhwan Ahmed Md Isa, Zaleha Musa, Ramli RC321 Neuroscience. Biological psychiatry. Neuropsychiatry Objective: This paper aimed to determine the prevalence of sleeping pills use among university students and its associated factors in Malaysia. Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted in January 2010 among 200 students from Management and Science University (MSU), Shah Alam, Malaysia. The survey was conducted by distributing self-administered questionnaires. The questionnaire was developed based on the literature review. The students were chosen randomly using convenience sampling. Results: A total of 200 university students participated in this study. The prevalence of using sleeping pills among university students is 7.5%. The majority of the participants were Malay 146 (73.0%), from urban area 169 (84.5%), from medical and health sciences background 101 (50.5%). This study showed that there is a significant relationship between using sleeping pills and depression (p= 0.03). There is also a significant relationship between using sleeping pills and inducing sleep by reading (p=0.04). Conclusion: The prevalence of sleeping pills usage among university students is relatively high. This study showed that there is a significant relationship between using sleeping pills and depression. ASEAN Federation of Psychiatry 2010-11 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/4078/1/14.Sleeping_pill_ASEAN.pdf Al-Naggar, Redhwan Ahmed and Md Isa, Zaleha and Musa, Ramli (2010) Prevalence and associated factors of sleeping pills use among students in a Malaysian university. ASEAN Journal of Psychiatry, 11 (2). ISSN 2231-7791 (O), 1876-2018 (P) http://www.aseanjournalofpsychiatry.org/pdf/ASEAN_110205.pdf |
| spellingShingle | RC321 Neuroscience. Biological psychiatry. Neuropsychiatry Al-Naggar, Redhwan Ahmed Md Isa, Zaleha Musa, Ramli Prevalence and associated factors of sleeping pills use among students in a Malaysian university |
| title | Prevalence and associated factors of sleeping pills use among students in a Malaysian university |
| title_full | Prevalence and associated factors of sleeping pills use among students in a Malaysian university |
| title_fullStr | Prevalence and associated factors of sleeping pills use among students in a Malaysian university |
| title_full_unstemmed | Prevalence and associated factors of sleeping pills use among students in a Malaysian university |
| title_short | Prevalence and associated factors of sleeping pills use among students in a Malaysian university |
| title_sort | prevalence and associated factors of sleeping pills use among students in a malaysian university |
| topic | RC321 Neuroscience. Biological psychiatry. Neuropsychiatry |
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