Sleep Hygiene Practices And Their Relationship With Sleep Quality Among Secondary School Adolescents In Yenagoa, Bayelsa State, Nigeria
Keywords:
Adolescents, Nigeria, Relationship, Sleep Hygiene, Sleep Quality, YenagoaAbstract
Sleep hygiene is an important factor that affects sleep quality. These are behavioural and environmental practices that promote/maintain good sleep. This study aims to identify the sleep hygiene practices of adolescents in Yenagoa and to determine the relationship between sleep hygiene and sleep quality. A multistage sampling of 877 adolescents from secondary schools in Yenagoa Local Government Area Bayelsa State was done. This cross-sectional study was from March to May 2024. Data were collected using questionnaires that contain questions adopted from the sleep hygiene index and the Pittsburg sleep quality index. Data analysis was done using Chi- square and Pearson's correlation. Significant level was set at p <0.05. The prevalence of poor sleep hygiene in this study was 77.8%. The sleep practices associated with sleep quality included: going to bed at different times of the day; getting out of bed at different times of the day; doing things before bedtime such as playing video games that may wake someone up; going to bed angry, nervous or upset; using the bed for things other than sleeping; sleeping in an uncomfortable bedroom; doing important work such as studying before bedtime and thinking/ worrying or planning while in bed. Sleep quality had a weak positive correlation with sleep hygiene. Poor sleep hygiene practices are day to day activities people engage in that can affect their sleep health. Health education on good sleep hygiene should be incorporated in policies and regularly taught in schools to enlighten the adolescents on practices that affect sleep.
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