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. 2021 Jan 14;61(4):E525–E529. doi: 10.15167/2421-4248/jpmh2020.61.4.1634

Tab. I.

The information on the demographic and methodologies of selected studies from 2010 to 2020.

Research Amina et al. Parash et al. Amer et al. Ashwini et al. Amit et al. Arif et al. Syeda et al.
Year 2018 2017 2019 2019 2016 2015 2019
Country Pakistan Nepal India India India Pakistan Bangladesh
Sample 1AB 1A 1A 1B 1B 2B 2A
Insomnia scale PSQI PSQI PSQI PSQI PSQI PQSI, ESS PQSI
Cut-off > 5 > 5 > 5 > 5 > 5 > 5, > 10 > 5
Sample size 520 937 617 463 308 504 390
Response rate 85.8% 92% 95.07% 92.6% 96.25% 77.5% 75%
Sex male (%) 37.1 45.4 51 38.2 57.14 40.5 40.3
Mean age(± ± ± SD) 20.25 (1.5) 21.01 (2.18) 23.4 (3.6) 19.55 (1.04) 21.4 (1.85) 20 (1.4) NR
Total Prevalence(%) 59.04 35.4 51 70 39.6 39.5 69.5
Covariates measured Sleep quality was higher among non-medical students than in medical students Depression, internet addiction Physical activity, depression, anxiety Computer vision syndrome, headache, light sensitivity, double vision Analgesic self-medication, headache Poor sleep quality was higher among females Association of social status and internet use with sleep quality was measured

PSQI = Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index; ESS = Epworth Sleepiness Scale; SD = Standard Deviation; 1 = random sampling; 2 = convenience sampling; A = university sample; B = medical sample; NR = Not Reported.