The Pandemic hit many countries in 2020, including Brazil, which joined numerous measures
to combat the spread of the virus, interfering in the life of society, with the requirement of
social isolation and that the recommendation "stay at home" adopted to stop the spread of the
virus. COVID-19 has affected higher education, bringing university students significant
changes, from an economic point of view, in physical, mental, emotional, social, spiritual,
environmental, political aspects and negative effects on the quality and quantity of sleep and,
consequently, the installation of disorders. Of sleep, especially insomnia. In view of this, the
present study aims to estimate the prevalence and factors associated with insomnia in Physical
Education students during remote teaching at the Universidade Pública do Norte do
Tocantins. This is a descriptive, cross-sectional study with a quantitative approach, adopting a
non-probabilistic sample which took place online due to the pandemic scenario, and the
mandatory social distancing as a way of preventing COVID-19. Data were collected through
online forms through Google Forms and sent to each participant individually through their
institutional email. Sociodemographic data were collected and the Insomnia Severity Index
(ISI) was applied. This research was submitted and approved by the Ethics and Research
Committee of the State University of Tocantins through opinion no 5.117.581 and CAAE
52981121.7.0000.8023. Data were analyzed using the Statistical Package for Social Sciences
22.0 software and participants were divided into two groups: with insomnia and without
insomnia according to the ISI. The sample consisted of 68 Physical Education students aged
between 18 and 45 years. 55.9% (n=38) were female and 40.1% (n=30) were male. Among
these, 51.5% (n=35) have some degree of insomnia severity and 48.5% (n=33) do not have
insomnia. The degree of insomnia severity was more prevalent in females, with 42.1% (n=16)
mild insomnia and 18.4% (n=7) moderate insomnia. Marital status (p=0.05) and religion
(p=0.02) showed a significant difference between the two groups. The presence of insomnia
in students of the Physical Education Course was high, especially among females. Therefore,
it is extremely important to evaluate and analyze sleep disorders in the educational context,
aiming at the search for the promotion and prevention of students' health.
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