Abstract

GALVAO, Ana; PINHEIRO, Marco; GOMES, Maria José  and  ALA, Sílvia. Anxiety, stress and depression related to sleep wake disorders and alcohol consumption. Revista Portuguesa de Enfermagem de Saúde Mental [online]. 2017, n.spe5, pp.8-12. ISSN 1647-2160.  https://doi.org/10.19131/rpesm.0160.

BACKGROUND: The transition from secondary school to higher education presents a number of challenges, such as leaving the family home, increasing independence, changes in social groups, and increased access to alcohol and drugs. Some of the students with less adaptive strategies to cope with these, often, stressful changes may be at risk of developing poor sleep quality and risky behaviour when it comes to alcohol consumption. AIM: Evaluate anxiety, stress and depression related to sleep disorders and alcohol consumption in students of higher education, as well as the relationship between sleep quality, stress, anxiety, depression and alcohol consumption and the selected socio-demographic characteristics. METHODS: Descriptive-correlational and cross-sectional study. A non-probabilistic, by convenience sample of 158 students. The Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test-AUDIT, Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index-PSQI and the Anxiety, Depression and Stress Scale-EADS-21 were used as instruments. RESULTS: The majority of the students (53.8%) showed poor quality of sleep presenting higher levels of stress, anxiety and depression than the rest. A majority of students (86.1%) have a normal level of alcohol consumption. There exists a relationship between sleep quality and the level of alcohol consumption. CONCLUSIONS: The results of the study confirm the need for consultation of sleep hygiene in the Clinical Psychology Unit of the Instituto Politécnico de Bragança, in order to meet the complaints evidenced in disorders in the sleep-wake pattern of the students.

Keywords : sleep wake disorder; alcohol drinking; mental health; young adults.

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