This research had as an objective to identify the profile of sleep in students regularly
active in the internship on UFPA medical school, and relate to the level of day sleepiness of the students in their regular activities. For that it was made an observative and descriptive study through research between 200 students, 122 females and 78 males, between June 2006 and June 2007, at the institutions connected to the medical school internship. The research was made through a questionnaire with the consentment free term and it was clear about the participation on the research, questions about every day habits, Epworth Sleepiness Scale (ESE) and the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI), that were applied during the resting periods. The greatest complaints were anxiety, with 26.47% and the development of academic activities, with 26.47%. When it comes to the day sleepiness, according to ESE, 42.5% of the students presented some level of alteration and 38% of the students manifested the difficulty to keep the enthusiasm to perform their regular activities. The quality of sleep was considered bad, according to the PSQI, reaching 7.32 points.
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