Survey of Sleep Disturbances among Wenzhou-Kean University (WKU) Students

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10.2991/assehr.k.211220.107How to use a DOI?

Keywords

sleep duration; sleep deprivation; sleep disturbances; insomnia; sleep quality

Abstract

Sleep problems have become one of the most serious health problems facing college students all over the world. This paper is to describe and investigate the phenomenon of sleep disturbances among Chinese college students in Wenzhou Kean University (WKU). This research adopted the descriptive-correlational design, made use of the method of cross-sectional study. Administering the researcher-developed Sleep Disturbances Survey questionnaire to 275 students (131 male and 144 female) in WKU, the sampling technique being used is random sampling method. The data collection will base on the participants’ answers to the questionnaire. Their answers will be truthfully recorded and used for further analysis, discussion and research. The study found that WKU students generally have insufficient sleep duration and sleep deprivation, and more than half of them suffer from sleep disturbances, in which long-term or short-term insomnia accounts for a large proportion. The gender difference of sleep disturbances among students is not significant. In addition, the study found that ways to improve sleep quality vary from person to person, but drinking milk, exercising and listening to music are widely used.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Lingxi Zhang
PY  - 2021
DA  - 2021/12/24
TI  - Survey of Sleep Disturbances among Wenzhou-Kean University (WKU) Students
BT  - Proceedings of the 2021 4th International Conference on Humanities Education and Social Sciences (ICHESS 2021)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 626
EP  - 634
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.211220.107
DO  - 10.2991/assehr.k.211220.107
ID  - Zhang2021
ER  -