Volume : VI, Issue : VIII, August - 2017

Investigation of Sexual Dreams in Patients Suffering From Psychiatric Disorders

Dr Celestine O. Mume

Abstract :

 Background and Objectives

Insomnia is a common condition caused by a number of factors. Sleep loss is also a risk factor for Excessive daytime sleepiness (EDS). The objectives of this study were to investigate insomnia and EDS among a student population and to determine whether or not there is a linear association between them.

Materials and Methods

Seven hundred and eighty undergraduate students of the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria were recruited into the study. Insomnia was investigated with the Insomnia Severity Index (ISI) while the Epworth Sleepiness Scale (ESS) was used to investigate for the presence of Excessive daytime sleepiness (ESS).

Results

With a 90.5% response rate, 65.6% of the subjects had subthreshold insomnia while 19.5% had insomnia of the moderate severity. On the ESS, 16.3% of the subjects had EDS. There was no linear association between insomnia and EDS among the subjects. An incidental finding of this study is that an unspecified number of the students are on self- prescribed sedative/hypnotic medications.

Conclusion

Both insomnia and EDS are common among the student population. More studies are encouraged to document the pattern of different conditions and have a database for reference purposes. 

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Dr Celestine O. Mume, Insomnia and Excessive Daytime Sleepiness among Nigerian University Students, GLOBAL JOURNAL FOR RESEARCH ANALYSIS : VOLUME-6, ISSUE-8, AUGUST-2017

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