effects of sleep quality on mental health and academic performance among final-year pharmacy students at a university in enugu, nigeria

Background: pharmacy students have a rigorous academic workload that can interfere with their sleeping time. this study aimed to determine the correlates of sleep quality with mental health and academic performance of final-year pharmacy students at a nigerian university.method: the present study used the paper-based self-administered questionnaires such as the pittsburgh sleep quality index, generalized anxiety disorder scale, and patient health questionnaire to conduct a cross-sectional study among final-year pharmacy students at the university of nigeria, nsukka, enugu state, nigeria. the questionnaires were validated and reliable, as their cronbach’s alpha were within acceptable range (α > 0.7). the examination score in clinical pharmacy courses was used to assess students’ academic performance. the data analysis was performed using descriptive statistics and pearson correlation.results: of the 274 respondents, about 186 (68%) students had bad sleeping habits. the prevalence of anxiety and depression were found to be present in 134 (48.9%) and 128 (46.7%), respectively. anxiety (r = 0.229, p < 0.01) and depression (r = 0.211, p < 0.01) had a positive relationship with students’ quality of sleep. however, no connection was found between sleep quality and academic performance (r = -0.022, p > 0.05).conclusion: the quality of sleep among final-year pharmacy students was linked to anxiety and depression. however, student’s sleep quality has no bearing on academic success.