SLEEP QUALITY AND BURNOUT AMONG MEDICAL STUDENTS AT THE PAMO UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES

ABSTRACT The focus of this research was to establish the prevalence of inadequate sleep within medical students in PAMO University of Medical Sciences. A cross-sectional study design with a stratified random sampling technique was employed; semi-structured survey forms were administered in gathering the information on socio-demography, knowledge, and incidence of poor sleep and burnout among medical students. Within the chosen population, a large proportion of those interviewed were amid the ages of 19 and 21, with an average age of 20.54 ± 2.31 years, and with most participants being female, the results showed that students have a strong overall understanding of knowledge of sleep quality, with the vast majority 67.20% demonstrating good knowledge. However, there remains a notable proportion of students who are uncertain about specific effects. The knowledge of sleep quality within Pamo medical students was good; however, a remarkable number of individuals still experience burnout. And finally, with the majority of the respondents perceiving their sleep to be of good quality even where there is an approximately 66% prevalence of burnout amongst them, the main contributing factors to burnout were found to include excessive workload, inadequate mentorship, and inadequate study resources. There is an urgent need to improve the academic structure and workload on medical students, and counseling services should be made available for students.