A study about students' sleeping habits
Merenheimo, Henna (2018)
Merenheimo, Henna
Lapin ammattikorkeakoulu
2018
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https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-2018090514890
https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-2018090514890
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The purpose of this thesis was to provide information about overall sleep quality and habits among the students of Lapland University of Applied Sciences and the aim was to learn more about students’ sleeping habits. This thesis was conducted by using a triangulation method which means using several different data collection methods to gain better and more accurate results. In this thesis the triangulation method included qualitative and quantitative methods. The data was collected from theme interviews to seven students and from the Internet questionnaire which was sent to every student of Lapland University of Applied Sciences.
The results show that in general students grade their sleeping habits good or average, however many admit sleeping worse than before. Stress seems to be the single most effecting factor on the sleep quality and duration. Other influencing factors were early school- and work hours, lack of exercising and certain bed time habits and rituals, to name a few. The students brought up the importance of the sleep because when they felt tired or had slept badly, they weren’t able to perform well at school or at work. They felt that concentrating and learning was nearly impossible. According to the students the importance of sleep cannot be overestimated. This thesis is beneficial for nursing care because sleep is a part of normal health and it’s often forgotten when thought about overall health.
The results show that in general students grade their sleeping habits good or average, however many admit sleeping worse than before. Stress seems to be the single most effecting factor on the sleep quality and duration. Other influencing factors were early school- and work hours, lack of exercising and certain bed time habits and rituals, to name a few. The students brought up the importance of the sleep because when they felt tired or had slept badly, they weren’t able to perform well at school or at work. They felt that concentrating and learning was nearly impossible. According to the students the importance of sleep cannot be overestimated. This thesis is beneficial for nursing care because sleep is a part of normal health and it’s often forgotten when thought about overall health.