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Makale Özeti:
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Sleep-related problems are common for young people like students and schoolchildren. The
Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI) is a widely used measure of sleep quality in adolescents, but
information regarding its psychometric strengths and weaknesses in Russian population is limited.
Study goal was to evaluate sleep quality in the sample of Karelian students and compare with
previous studies from other countries. A total number of 333 students from Petrozavodsk University
and High Pedagogic School participated in this study (234 girls, 96 boys). Mean age was 17.75 ± 1.9
years. The mean global PSQI score was 6.16 ± 2.8 (median 6, range 0-17) with 56% of the participants
experiencing poor sleep quality (> 5), and 19,5% reporting extremely poor sleep quality (≥ 8). Women
had higher PSQI scores (6.59±2.89) compared to men (4.89±2.80).This is the first study in students
from Russian Karelia, and it shows that sleep quality in our sample is affected by sex and not age.
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