A CORRELATIONAL STUDY TO ASSESS SLEEP QUALITY AND ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE AMONG NURSING STUDENTS IN A SELECTED COLLEGE OF NURSING, JALANDHAR, PUNJAB

A correlation study was undertaken to assess the relationship between Sleep Quality and Academic Performanceamong nursing students in selected collages of Nursing, Jalandhar, Punjab.

Objectives

1.      To assess the quality of sleep among nursing students.

2.      To evaluate the academic performance of nursing students.

3.      To determine the relationship between quality of sleep and academic performance among nursing students.

4.      To find out the association between quality of sleep among nursing students and their selected socio-demographic variables.

Methodology:A quantitative research approach with Correlational research design was used in this study. Research setting was M.H.R DAV Institute of Nursing Jalandhar, Punjab. Total 60 samples were selected with Non probability purposive sampling technique. Verbal consent taken from the students who were currently enrolled in a nursing programme (students of B.Sc. Nursing) in the nursing college and who have passed the previous academic session successfully. Self-structured sleep quality scale was used to assess sleep quality among nursing students.

Result and Conclusion: The mean score of sleep quality and academic performance was 54.70 with mean percentage of 68.30% and standard deviation of +7.64.  The maximum frequency percentage of academic performance among nursing students was 25 with mean percentage 41.70%. Hence, the correlation was found to be statistically non-significant. Hence, it can be said that there is no relation between sleep quality and academic performance.

Recommendation: The study can be done on large sample to validate and generalized its findings. It can be conducted to assess the sleep quality and its influence on academic performance among Nursing Students.