Análisis de la higiene del sueño en los internos de enfermería de la Universidad Católica Santiago de Guayaquil, año 2022-2023.

Abstract

Sleep hygiene is the quality in the way you sleep and hours that are completed in the rest established by the circadian cycle. Objective: To analyze the sleep hygiene of nursing interns at the Santiago de Guayaquil Catholic University, year 2022-2023. Methodology: quantitative, descriptive, prospective, crosssectional. Population: 320 nursing inmates. Technique: Survey. Instrument: Ad Hoc Questionnaire and Sleep Hygiene Index. Results: The research shows that 53% are female, aged between 20 and 25 years (47%), of mixed ethnicity (70%), urban residence (79%), single (58%), work alternating shifts (morning and night) (51%). Regarding the categories involved in sleep hygiene, the inmates sleep less than 8 hours a day (61%), rarely consume substances that alter sleep (26%) and as a factor that triggers nocturnal awakening is the emotional factor (58%). In addition, in the application of the test, 'sometimes' with 31% take daytime naps, 28% get up at different times of the day, 24% performs a previous activity that keeps you awake, 31% go to bed feeling annoyed or stressed, 22% use the bed for purposes other than sleeping, 28% do some important work before going to bed, 31% think or worry when they are in bed. With respect to the types of sleep disorders, insomnia is the main sleep disturbance (31%). Conclusion: Upon analyzing the results, we were able to obtain that majority of inmates have a poor quality of sleep.