RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN STRESS, ANXIETY AND SLEEP DISORDERS AND THEIR IMPACTS ON UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS’ MENTAL HEALTH STATUS IN SELECTED TERTIARY INSTITUTIONS IN IBADAN, OYO STATE.

This research investigated the relationship between stress, anxiety and sleep disorder and their impacts on undergraduate students' mental health in selected tertiary institutions in Ibadan, Oyo State. The study collected data with the use of self-structured questionnaires. Iwo hundred copies of questionnaires were distributed randomly to the respondents who are willing to participate in the research. The statistics used for data analysis include simple percentage and frequency counts. The findings show that there is a direct relationship between stress, anxiety and sleep disorder on undergraduate students' mental health, their impacts based on findings include: feelings of sadness, depression, amnesia, lack of interest in activities they once enjoyed and reduced academic performance and it was founded that the common sleep disorder among undergraduate students in selected tertiary institutions in Ibadan, Oyo State is narcolepsy. Recommendations were made that awareness about the dangers associated with academic stress should be made in order for students to be informed, all strategies should be put in place by the federal ministry of education to make sure all tertiary institutions learning environments are conducive and all curriculum should be reviewed in such a way that more time will be available for students to adequately prepare and study for examinations so as to prevent stress, anxiety, sleep disorder and their corresponding adverse impacts on undergraduate students' mental health.