Prevalence of overweight /obesity, and its association with sleep quality and daytime sleepiness among medical students of the University of Vassouras, Vassouras-RJ.
Abstract
Obesity is a chronic disease of pandemic proportions and has been linked to sleep deprivation in some studies. This study aimed to evaluate the prevalence of overweight / obesity, increased neck circumference (NC), sleep quality and daytime sleepiness in medical students (MS) in University of Vassouras (UV), analyze the association between these anthropometric data, and sleep disorders. A cross-sectional observational study consisting of three stages: sociodemographic evaluation, clinical evaluation and sleep evaluation was performed. The study included 92 MS from 1st to 10th period, of which 63% female. From the total amount of participants, 26.1% were overweight and 6.5% presented obesity, 8% presented NC above normal, 64.1% had poor sleep, 3.2% presented sleep disorders and 47.4% excessive daytime sleepiness. There was no statistically significant correlation between anthropometric variables and sleep disorders. The prevalence of overweight / obesity was similar to the results found in a previous study carried out in University of Vassouras, with a sample 55 MS. The lack of association between anthropometric variables and sleep disorders may be justified by the small number of students included in our group. Studies with larger numbers of participants are needed to confirm these results.
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