Paper Title
EFFECTS OF SLEEP QUALITY ON ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT IN MEDICAL STUDENTS

Abstract
Sleep health is a broad concept that refers to a person's ability to get enough quality, consistent sleep to engage in daily activities with vigor and productivity.It covers not only the duration and quality of sleep but also many other factors, such as sleep patterns, attitudes towards sleep, sleep environment conditions, and quality of recovery.Sleep health is considered an important public health issue because it is closely linked to physical and mental health. Objective: This study aims to assess the quality of sleep in medical students and determine whether it correlates with academic success. Methods: A total of 136 medical students were included in the study, and their sleep quality was assessed using the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI).We also collected the participants' 1st semester GPAs and analyzed the relationship between sleep parameters and academic achievement. Result: 42% of participants had poor sleep quality on the PSQI, with a quarter taking longer than 30 minutes to fall asleep and 25% sleeping less than 6 hours per night.92.6% of the students surveyed had a GPA below 3.0, and among them, poor sleep quality was found to be a high percentage.The results show that short sleep duration and long sleep onset time hurt academic achievement Here, the highest percentage is 44.9%, and those who score "1.00" have "normal" sleep.Then 3.7% gave a score of "3.00", which means that they had very poor quality sleep.The mean PSQI of students with a 2.0 GPA was 8.59±3.06, 8.40±3.32 of students with a 3.0 GPA, and 7.00±2.62 of students with a 4.0 GPA, and no statistically significant difference was observed (p=0.376). Compared to the level of the course studied, the average score of PSQI was 8.27±3.01 in the 1st course, 8.37±3.58 in the 2nd course, 10.00±4.24 in the 3rd course, and 9.50±4.95 in the 5th course.The difference between the channels was also not statistically significant (p=0.921). Conclusion: Poor sleep quality among medical students is directly related to their academic performance.Therefore, it is necessary to implement support, training,and preventive measures based on students' sleep patterns. Keywords - Sleep,Assessment, Quality