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Sleep disruption in medicine students and its relationship with impaired academic performance: A systematic review and meta-analysis.
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Sleep disruption severely impairs learning ability, affecting academic performance in students. This systematic review and meta-analysis aimed at assessing the prevalence of sleep disruption in medical students and its relationship with academic performance. PubMed, Web of Sciences, EBSCO and SciELO databases searches allowed to retrieve 41 papers with data about the prevalence of sleep deprivation, 20 of which also contained data on its association with academic performance. Poor sleep quality was reported by 5646 out of 14,170 students in 29 studies (39.8%, 95% confidence interval = 39.0-40.6%), insufficient sleep duration by 3762/12,906 students in 28 studies (29.1%, 23.3-29.9%) and excessive diurnal sleepiness by 1324/3688 students in 13 studies (35.9%, 34.3-37.4). Academic grades correlated significantly with sleep quality scores (r, 95% CI = 0.15, 0.05-0.26, random-effects model; p = 0.002, n = 10,420 subjects, k = 15 studies) and diurnal sleepiness (r = -0.12, -0.19/-0.06 under the fixed effects model, p < 0.001, n = 1539, k = 6), but not with sleep duration (r = 0.03, -0.12/0.17 under the random-effects model, p = 0.132, n = 2469, k = 9). These findings advocate for an urgent intervention aiming at improving sleep quality among medical students as a way of increasing academic achievements and, ultimately, the quality of health care.
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This systematic review and meta-analysis of medical students found that poor sleep quality, short sleep duration, and daytime sleepiness were common, and that worse sleep quality and greater sleepiness—but not shorter sleep—were associated with lower academic performance. The authors recommend routine sleep assessment and sleep-hygiene education for medical students.
Key findings
- Pooled prevalence estimates were 39.8% for poor sleep quality (5,646/14,170; 95% CI 39.0–40.6%; k=28), 29.1% for insufficient sleep duration (3,762/12,906; 95% CI 28.3–29.9%; k=21), and 35.9% for excessive daytime sleepiness (1,324/3,688; 95% CI 34.3–37.4%; k=13).
- Better sleep quality correlated with better academic performance: r=0.15 (95% CI 0.05–0.26; p=0.002; 15 studies; n=10,420), with significant heterogeneity (I²=90.23%).
- Sleep duration was not significantly related to academic performance: r=0.03 (95% CI −0.12–0.17; p=0.67; 9 studies; n=2,469).
- Greater daytime sleepiness was associated with worse academic performance: r=−0.12 (95% CI −0.19 to −0.06; p<0.001; 6 studies; n=1,539). Subgroup analyses found stronger sleep-quality correlations in the Middle East and Asia/Oceania, in studies from 2012 or later, and where women made up more than half the sample; sleep-duration correlations were stronger in studies with fewer than 150 students.
Methods
- Systematic review and meta-analysis following PRISMA, registered as PROSPERO CRD42019127734; searches covered PubMed, Web of Sciences, EBSCO, and SciELO from 1980 to 2018, plus reference-list checks, in English, Spanish, French, or Portuguese.
- Inclusion required medical students or mixed medical/related-career samples, at least one subjective or objective sleep measure covering more than one night, and academic performance data; 2,332 records were initially retrieved plus 21 from secondary searches, yielding 41 studies for prevalence and 20 for performance associations.
- All included studies were cross-sectional. Effect sizes were Pearson correlations between sleep measures and academic performance, transformed to Fisher’s z, pooled with fixed- or random-effects models using Meta-Essentials; heterogeneity was assessed with Q and I², and publication bias with funnel plots and Egger regression.
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- Stated by the authors: female medical students may have been overrepresented; heterogeneity was significant for sleep quality and sleep duration relationships; no study used objective sleep measures; performance and sleep assessments were not standardized; demographic and comorbidity data were insufficient for moderator analyses; organic sleep disorders were not assessed; and a stronger sleep-duration correlation in small studies suggested possible publication bias.
- Evident from the text: because every included study was cross-sectional, the analyses cannot establish whether sleep disruption causes worse academic performance or vice versa.
- Evident from the text: reliance on self-reported sleep measures and varied definitions of academic performance limits comparability across studies and may contribute to the high heterogeneity observed.
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“The prevalence herein observed is higher than in the general population, which was 16.6% in Asia and Africa prevalence, 62 20% in Canada and the US, 63,64 22.7% in Latin America, 65 23% in Japan, and 31% in Western Europe.66”
§ Sleep disruption in medicine students and its relationship with impaired academic performance: a systematic review and meta-analysis > Discussion
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- Partly supportedcites [62] Stranges, 2012, Sleep problems: an emerging global epidemic? Findings from the INDEPTH WHO-SAGE study among more than 40,000 older adults from 8 countries across Africa and Asia, Sleep sourceExperimental — accuracy not yet measured
The Results report that 16.6% of participants had nocturnal sleep problems. However, the study sampled adults aged 50–106 at eight sites in Africa and Asia, not the general population across those continents. It does not compare that prevalence with medical students. (LLM, conf=0.87)
- Not checked — no full text of the sourcecites [63] Hossain, 2002, The prevalence, cost implications, and management of sleep disorders: an overview, Sleep Breath source
- Not checked — no full text of the sourcecites [64] Sutton, 2001, Insomnia and health problems in Canadians, Sleep source
- Partly supportedcites [65] Blanco, 2003, Attitudes towards treatment among patients suffering from sleep disorders. A Latin American survey, BMC Fam Pract sourceExperimental — accuracy not yet measured
The Background (page unavailable) reports that sleep disturbances affect 25–45% of outpatients visiting primary care centers, but does not give the cited 22.7% prevalence for the Latin American general population. The Methods (page unavailable) say the survey selected fixed numbers of sufferers and non-sufferers, so its sample cannot establish that prevalence. The comparison with medical students is the citing authors’ framing, not a finding attributed to this source. (LLM, conf=0.84)
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“Forty-one studies met all criteria and were selected for calculating the prevalence of sleep disruption , while 20 could also be used for the study of its association with academic performance 22, 23, 25-27, 30, 32-35, 38, 43, 44, 51, 53, 56-60 .”
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“As can be observed in Table 3, mean ± SD of the PSQI total scores was 5.1±2.7 points (k= 13 studies)”
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“while the prevalence of excessive daytime sleepiness was 1,324/3,688 students= 35.9%, 95%CI= 34.3 to 37.4 (k=13).”
§ Sleep disruption in medicine students and its relationship with impaired academic performance: a systematic review and meta-analysis > Results
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“the prevalence of insufficient sleep duration was 3762 students / 12,906= 29.1%, 95%CI=28.3to 29.9% (k=21).”
§ Sleep disruption in medicine students and its relationship with impaired academic performance: a systematic review and meta-analysis > Results
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“All studies had a cross-sectional design.”
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“poor sleep quality was reported by 5,646 students out of 14,170 (39.8%, 95% confidence interval [95% CI] = 39.0 to 40.6%; k=28).”
§ Sleep disruption in medicine students and its relationship with impaired academic performance: a systematic review and meta-analysis > Results
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“Forty-one studies met all criteria and were selected for calculating the prevalence of sleep disruption , while 20 could also be used for the study of its association with academic performance 22, 23, 25-27, 30, 32-35, 38, 43, 44, 51, 53, 56-60 .”
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“Medicine + Others | 0.13 (0.06;0.20) | 0.69 | - | -”
§ Sleep disruption in medicine students and its relationship with impaired academic performance: a systematic review and meta-analysis > Legend to figures
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“<50% | 0.21 (0.01;0.40) | 0.03 | 0.00 (-0.24;0.25) | 0.62”
§ Sleep disruption in medicine students and its relationship with impaired academic performance: a systematic review and meta-analysis > Legend to figures
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“This systematic review and meta-analysis followed the PRISMA guidelines.17”
§ Sleep disruption in medicine students and its relationship with impaired academic performance: a systematic review and meta-analysis > PICOS criteria
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- Supportedcites [17] Moher, 2009, Preferred reporting items for systematic reviews and meta-analyses: the PRISMA statement, J Clin Epidemiol source
The PRISMA Statement (section 4) defines the 27-item checklist and four-phase flow diagram intended to guide reporting of systematic reviews and meta-analyses. This citation identifies the guidelines the citing authors say they followed; it does not independently verify their compliance. (LLM, conf=0.92)
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“It has been observed that medical students are more affected than students of other careers.15,16”
§ Sleep disruption in medicine students and its relationship with impaired academic performance: a systematic review and meta-analysis > Introduction
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- Not checked — no full text of the sourcecites [15] Li, 2018, Prevalence of sleep disturbances in Chinese university students: a comprehensive meta-analysis, J Sleep Res source
- Supportedcites [16] Azad, 2015, Sleep disturbances among medical students: a global perspective, J Clin Sleep Med source
The Conclusion states that sleep disturbances are more prevalent among medical students than non-medical students. The section comparing student groups also reports poorer sleep among medical students than among law and economics students. (LLM, conf=0.94)
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“A sensitivity analysis was conducted for each correlational analysis, by sequentially excluding each study from the dataset and recalculating the overall combined correlation coefficient.Results remained unchanged, which indicates that no individual study significantly influenced the overall results.”
§ Sleep disruption in medicine students and its relationship with impaired academic performance: a systematic review and meta-analysis > Results
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“Poor sleep quality and excessive diurnal somnolence, but not insufficient sleep duration, were significantly associated with worse academic performance.”
§ Sleep disruption in medicine students and its relationship with impaired academic performance: a systematic review and meta-analysis > Practice Points
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“Furthermore, Eggert regression models were not significant, indicating no correlation between correlation coefficients and their standard errors (sleep quality: t= 0.08, p= 0.94; sleep duration: t= 1.89, p= 0.10; daytime sleepiness: t=0.53, p=0.63).”
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“PROSPERO registration number is CRD42019127734.”
§ Sleep disruption in medicine students and its relationship with impaired academic performance: a systematic review and meta-analysis > PROSPERO registration number is CRD42019127734.
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“Funnel plots and Egger regression were used to evaluate publication bias.”
§ Sleep disruption in medicine students and its relationship with impaired academic performance: a systematic review and meta-analysis > Statistical analysis
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“In all cases, agreement was close to 100% and discrepancies were solved by a third reviewer.”
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“Data extraction from articles selected in the second stage was performed by two independent coders randomly selected from a list (LM, FO, JO, ES, MIC, SPLL).”
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“Two independent reviewers randomly selected from a list (HS, LM, FO, JO, ES, MIC, SPLL) screened the titles and abstracts and selected those that contained references to sleep characteristics in medical students, and were written in English, Spanish, French, or Portuguese.”
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“Notwithstanding, the findings of a significantly stronger correlation coefficient between sleep duration and academic performance in studies with sample sizes <150 students could be suggesting publication bias.”
§ Sleep disruption in medicine students and its relationship with impaired academic performance: a systematic review and meta-analysis > Results
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“All studies were cross-sectional.”
§ Sleep disruption in medicine students and its relationship with impaired academic performance: a systematic review and meta-analysis > Legend to figures
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“While researchers have long suspected that sleep may play a key role in academic success, prior work has relied on cross-sectional, retrospective self-report assessments of TST to assess the relationship between TST and GPA in college student samples (11, 12, 21).”
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§ Sleep disruption in medicine students and its relationship with impaired academic performance: a systematic review and meta-analysis > Legend to figures
“| Medeiros 2013 43 | Brazil | GPA | - | PSQI | >5 | PSQI | <6hs | - | - |”
§ Sleep disruption in medicine students and its relationship with impaired academic performance: a systematic review and meta-analysis > References
“43. Medeiros ALD, Mendes DBF, Lima PF, Araujo JF. The Relationships between Sleep-Wake Cycle and Academic Performance in Medical Students. Biol Rhythm Res 2003;32:263-70.”
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§ Sleep disruption in medicine students and its relationship with impaired academic performance: a systematic review and meta-analysis > Results
“while 20 could also be used for the study of its association with academic performance 22, 23, 25-27, 30, 32-35, 38, 43, 44, 51, 53, 56-60”
§ Sleep disruption in medicine students and its relationship with impaired academic performance: a systematic review and meta-analysis > Legend to figures
“| Correa 2017 30 | Brazil | - | - | PSQI | ≥5 | PSQI | <6hs | - | - |”
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§ Sleep disruption in medicine students and its relationship with impaired academic performance: a systematic review and meta-analysis > Legend to figures
“| Albhlal 2017 24 | India | - | - | - | - | Own questionnaire | <6hs | ESS | Not identified |”
§ Sleep disruption in medicine students and its relationship with impaired academic performance: a systematic review and meta-analysis > References
“24. Albhlal LA, Alanzi FG, Ghannam KB, Alqahtani A, Alenazi AQ, Alanazi MQ, et al. Sleep Disturbance Patterns among Medical Students, Saudi Arabia. Arch Med 2017;9:5-9.”
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Metadata
- Authors
- Seoane, H. A., Moschetto, L., Orliacq, F., Orliacq, J., Serrano, E., Cazenave, M. I., Vigo, D. E., & Perez-Lloret, S.
- Affiliations
- Pontificia Universidad Católica Argentina (AR)
- Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (AR)
- Venue
- Sleep Medicine Reviews
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2020-10
- Volume
- 53
- Pages
- 101333
- ISSN
- 1087-0792 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W3024810966
- Cited by
- 150
- References
- 82
- Citations by year
- 2026: 30 · 2025: 30 · 2024: 36 · 2023: 25 · 2022: 19 · 2021: 6 · 2020: 4
- FWCI
- 1.97
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- bronze
- doi.org
- Locations
- Sleep Medicine Reviews (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- LA Referencia (Red Federada de Repositorios Institucionales de Publicaciones Científicas) (submittedVersion, cc-by-nc-sa)
- Americanae (AECID Library) (submittedVersion, cc-by-nc-sa)
- Lirias (submittedVersion)
- Conicet (submittedVersion, cc-by-nc-sa)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Sleep and related disorders
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Sleep and Work-Related Fatigue
- Health Sciences › Health Professions › General Health Professions › Healthcare professionals’ stress and burnout
- Keywords
- sleep disruption, medical students, academic performance, sleep deprivation, sleep quality, insufficient sleep duration, excessive daytime sleepiness, learning ability, sleep interventions
- MeSH terms
- Academic Success, Humans, Disorders of Excessive Somnolence, Sleep Deprivation, Students, Medical
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