Eating habits are associated with subjective sleep quality outcomes among university students: findings of a cross-sectional study.

Autor: Faris ME; Department of Clinical Nutrition and Dietetics, College of Health Sciences/Research Institute for Medical and Health Sciences (RIMHS), University of Sharjah, Sharjah, UAE. mfaris@sharjah.ac.ae., Vitiello MV; Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, Gerontology & Geriatric Medicine, and Biobehavioral Nursing, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA., Abdelrahim DN; Department of Nutrition and Food Technology, School of Agriculture, The University of Jordan, Amman, Jordan., Cheikh Ismail L; Department of Clinical Nutrition and Dietetics, College of Health Sciences/Research Institute for Medical and Health Sciences (RIMHS), University of Sharjah, Sharjah, UAE.; Nuffield Department of Women's & Reproductive Health, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK., Jahrami HA; Ministry of Health, Manama, Kingdom of Bahrain.; College of Medicine and Medical Sciences, Arabian Gulf University, Manama, Bahrain., Khaleel S; Department of Clinical Nutrition and Dietetics, College of Health Sciences/Research Institute for Medical and Health Sciences (RIMHS), University of Sharjah, Sharjah, UAE., Khan MS; Department of Clinical Nutrition and Dietetics, College of Health Sciences/Research Institute for Medical and Health Sciences (RIMHS), University of Sharjah, Sharjah, UAE., Shakir AZ; Department of Clinical Nutrition and Dietetics, College of Health Sciences/Research Institute for Medical and Health Sciences (RIMHS), University of Sharjah, Sharjah, UAE., Yusuf AM; Department of Clinical Nutrition and Dietetics, College of Health Sciences/Research Institute for Medical and Health Sciences (RIMHS), University of Sharjah, Sharjah, UAE., Masaad AA; Department of Clinical Nutrition and Dietetics, College of Health Sciences/Research Institute for Medical and Health Sciences (RIMHS), University of Sharjah, Sharjah, UAE., Bahammam AS; Department of Medicine, College of Medicine, University Sleep Disorders Center, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.; The Strategic Technologies Program of the National Plan for Sciences and Technology and Innovation in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Sleep & breathing = Schlaf & Atmung [Sleep Breath] 2022 Sep; Vol. 26 (3), pp. 1365-1376. Date of Electronic Publication: 2021 Oct 06.
DOI: 10.1007/s11325-021-02506-w
Abstrakt: Purpose: This study investigated the relationships between eating habits and sleep quality among university students.
Methods: In a cross-sectional study, university students completed a self-report questionnaire to assess eating habits and meal timing. We assessed subjective sleep quality using the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI) questionnaire and examined the associations between eating habits and overall sleep quality and its components.
Results: Four hundred ninety-eight students participated in the study. Students who used to skip breakfast, ate late-night snacks, and replaced meals with snacks were at 1.20 times, 1.24 times, and 1.25 times higher likelihood of having poor overall sleep quality, respectively. Multiple logistic regression analysis showed that skipping breakfast (r =  - 0.111, P = 0.007), late-night snacks (r =  - 0.109, P = 0.007), replacing meals with snacks (r =  - 0.126, P = 0.002), and irregular mealtimes (r =  - 0.094, P = 0.018) were the best correlates with poor sleep quality. After adjustment to demographic variables, replacing meals with snacks followed by skipping breakfast were the best independent associations with poor sleep quality by the PSQI.
Conclusions: Eating habits and meal timing were significantly associated with sleep quality. We speculate that healthy eating habits may lead to improved sleep quality and sleep components among university students.
(© 2021. The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Nature Switzerland AG.)
Databáze: MEDLINE
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