Impact of Social Media on Quality of Sleep Among Homoeopathic Medical Students: A Cross Sectional Study

Need of the study: One of the growing and unavoidable issue among students is inadequate sleep. Students may experience sleep disturbances due to variety of circumstances, with prolonged social media use before bed being one of them. Objectives: The purpose of the study is to investigate the association of social media with quality of sleep among students. Method: 304 Homoeopathic medical students responded to the online survey, out of which 213 responses were included in statistical analysis. Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI) scale was used for sleep quality assessment. Results: The purpose of this study was to examine the usage of social media and its impact on sleep quality. In this study, participants are students of MNR Homeopathic Medical College of age group 18-26. The regression analysis was done. R2 = 0.0344, F (1,211) = 7.528, p = 0.0065 (p < 0.05), which shows a statistical relationship between hours spent on social media and sleep quality.