The quality of sleep of medical students in Brazil: a systematic review

• DOI: https://doi.org/10.22533/at.ed.1594832406099

• Palavras-chave: Students; Medicine; Sleep quality; Brazil

• Keywords: Students; Medicine; Sleep quality; Brazil

• Abstract:

  Objectives: To analyze, in scientific productions, the quality of academic sleep during the medical course in Brazil. Methodology: This is a systematic review, with a search in the PubMed and LILACS databases, using the terms "Students", "Medical", "Sleep quality", "Brazil" and the Boolean operators AND between the terms. Results: A total of 48 articles were found between 2018 and 2023, from which 11 articles that met the inclusion criteria were selected, which only dealt with medical students and only in the Brazilian scenario, excluding duplicate articles. Conclusions: The quality of sleep is related to the academic performance of medical students, notwithstanding Brazilian students. However, the demands of undergraduate study, as well as academic workloads, take up so much of the student's time that the already short amount of rest time has to be divided between study, sleep and other daily chores. In view of this, it can be seen that more and more future professionals in this field are suffering from anxiety or depression, which is compounded by the stressful routine, combined with prolonged use of screens, causing greater damage to sleep. In addition to the above, the Covid-19 pandemic has led to an increase in depression and anxiety, which has affected the quality of life of medical students.