Characterization of the insomnia in students of medicine from Universidad Tecnologica de Pereira

This study presents the characterization of the insomnia inmedicine students from the Universidad Tecnológica dePereira during the second academic semester of 2011. Itwas implemented the sleep quality test of Pittsburgh, plusa series of questions concerning to the “sleep hygiene” anddemographic variables of importance. With the recollecteddata were realized bivariate and univariate analysis. Results:76% of the studied population has been classified as “badsleepers”, 60% of them are constantly exposed to stressingsituations. The 58% of the population presented occasionalor transitory insomnia, 11% short duration insomnia, 11%chronic insomnia and the left 20% didn’t presented insomnia.Conclusions: The students of the program of medicine andsurgery from the Universidad Tecnológica de Pereira areconstantly exposed to stressing situations which adversely influences their sleep quality as manifested in their high PSQIqualifications and the consequent development of insomnia.