PSYCHOLOGICAL DISTRESS, BODY MASS INDEX AND SLEEP QUALITY AMONG

MANAGEMENT AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY STUDENT, SHAH ALAM

Harith Atris AR, Sarina S.
Department of Health Professional and Food Services
Faculty of Health and Life Sciences
Management and Science University (MSU)

INTRODUCTION RESULTS DISCUSSIONS

Poor quality of sleep was correlated with high
negative and low positive emotions (Baglioni et
al., 2010).Patients with mood disorders
commonly report that insomnia appeared either
before (40%) or at the same time (22%) as other
depression symptoms (Ohayon &Roth, 2003).
90% of patients with depression will have sleep
quality complaints (Tsuno et al., 2005).
According to the review article by Firdaus and
Tian, 2011, the prevalence of depression in
Malaysia varied from 3.9 to 46%. Current study
found that poor sleep quality, anxiety and
depression symptoms, and reduced quality of life
were highly prevalent among patients with
severe obesity (Araghi MH, 2013).
OBJECTIVES
General Objectives
This study was aimed to investigate the
association between psychological distress,
body mass index and sleep quality among
Management and Science University students.
Specific Objectives
o To determine the psychological distress
status among MSU students.
o To determine the body mass index among
MSU students.
o To determine the sleep quality level among
MSU students.
Table 1. Distribution of Depression, Anxiety and
Stress of Respondents, n = 140
Table 2. Distribution of BMI Category of
Respondents, n = 140
Table 3. Distribution of Sleep Quality among
MSU students, n = 140
 Based on Table 1. The prevalence of
depression, anxiety and stress were 45%,
57.9% and 42.9% respectively among the
students (Lovibond and Lovibond,1995).
 Most of the respondents (57.1%) were
reported falls into the category of “Normal
Weight” (52.4% are male + 61.0% are female)
(WHO, 1995, WHO, 2000 and WHO 2004)
 Based on Table 3. 65.7% of total respondents,
n = 140, were having “Poor Sleep Quality” and
34.3% having “Good Sleep Quality” (Nor Azah
, 2016).
 Based on Table 5. The psychological distress
was significantly associated with sleep quality
(Depression, X²=23.692; Anxiety, X²=21.208;
Stress, X²=23.842), with p<0.001.
CONCLUSION
 Higher percentage of anxiety (57.9%) was
reported among MSU students as
compared to depression (45.0%) and stress
(42.9%).
 The BMI of the students were mostly
Normal Weight (57.1%) followed by
Overweight (20.0%)
 In majority, the students participated in
study were having poor sleep quality
(65.7%) (based on PSQI).
Psychological distress was associated with
sleep quality among MSU students.

HYPOTHESIS 48 ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
(34.3%)
There was significant association between Good
sleep
 Supervisor Miss Sarina Sariman
psychological distress, BMI and sleep quality  Respondents from: Management and
Quality
among Management and Science University Science University students
students.  Parents: Encik Ab Rahman and Puan Noor
Asmarani
METHODOLOGY
92
(65.7 %)

Selection of Area
Poor
Sleep
REFERENCES
Quality
Management and Science
University, Shah Alam

Table 4. Association of Psychological Distress, BMI

Self-administered and Sleep Quality among MSU Students, n = 140
questionnaire:
• Socio-
demographic Selection of
information Sample
• Anthropometric Convenient
measurement Sampling
• Part A :
Pittsburgh
Sleep Quality
Index (PSQI)
• Part B : Epworth
Sleepiness Data collection
Scale (ESS) September-
• Part C : November 2016
Depression,
Anxiety and
Stress Scale
(DASS 21)

Data Analysis
n = 140 *p<0.05 **p<0.001
respondents SPSS 24.0