The Mediating Role of Sleep Quality in the Relationship between Negative Emotional States and Health-Related Quality of Life among Italian Medical Students
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 15486173 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Matteo Carpi (0000-0001-6933-5675, Sapienza University of Rome, corresponding author), Annarita Vestri (0000-0002-6139-7174, Sapienza University of Rome) |
| Year | 2022 |
| Volume | 20 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 26-26 |
| Publication date | 2022-12-20 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1661-7827 • E-ISSN: 1660-4601 |
| Publisher | Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (PUBLISHER • CH) |
| DOI | 10.3390/ijerph20010026 |
| PMID | 36612348 |
| OpenAlex | W4313533535 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 74 |
Sleep problems have been shown to be related to adverse outcomes concerning physical and mental well-being. Furthermore, mental health issues and sleep problems were reported to be highly prevalent among medical students and physicians, and were found to be associated with worse academic and clinical performance in these populations. This study aims to investigate the prevalence of poor sleep to examine the associations between sleep quality and health-related quality of life (HRQoL), and to explore the possible mediating role of sleep in the relationship between psychological distress and HRQoL itself in a sample of medical and dental students attending a large Italian university. Participants ( n = 407, mean age: 24.2 ± 2.4) answered an online questionnaire comprising the 21-item Depression Anxiety Stress Scale, the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index, and the Short Form-12 health survey. Up to 62% of the participants reported poor sleep quality. Controlling for psychological distress, sleep quality components were found to be associated with physical and mental HRQoL. Mediation analysis showed that overall sleep quality mediated all the single associations between anxiety, depression, and stress and HRQoL. These preliminary findings suggest that the quality of sleep is important for the well-being of medical students and that targeting sleep issues in this academic population may be beneficial
Anxiety · Depression (economics · Emotional distress · Environmental health · Insomnia · Mediation · Mental health · Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index · Population · Psychiatry · Quality of life (healthcare · Sleep (system call · Sleep quality · Clinical Psychology · Health, psychology, and well-being · Healthcare professionals’ stress and burnout · Medicine · Psychology · Sleep and related disorders · Gerontology
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| Citations per year | 3 |
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| Citation span | 2026 - 2026 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |