Abstract:
Objectives: 1. To evaluate sleeping quality of Pharmacy student, Chulalongkorn University (PSCU) 2012 2.To evaluate mental health of PSCU 2012 3. To investigate relationship of sleeping quality and mental health of PSCU. Method: A cross sectional survey research was employed by face to face interview and questionnaire. Stratified probability random sampling was used to gather 100 (n) samplings calculated according to Hair et al (2012). Sleeping quality was measured by 18 measurement variables, Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (2005) while mental health was measured by 55 measurement variables, The Development and testing of Thai mental health indicator 2007. The α was set at 0.05 level. Result: All 91 (91%) response rate were 30 (32.97) male and 61 (67.03) female. The average GPAX was 3.14±0.42. PSCU’s quality of sleep: 33 (36.30%) was good and 58 (63.70%) was poor. PSCU’s mental health : 64 (70.30%) was good, 25 (27.50%) was fair and 2 (2.20%) was poor. Associated between mental health and classes was not found (p= 0.33, Chi Square). There were no association between sleeping quality and classes (p= 0.07, Chi Square). The average score of sleep quality of PSCU between 5 classes were not significantly different (p=0.59, ANOVA). Finally, Sleeping quality had no association with mental health (p= 0.82, Chi Square). Conclusion: There was no association between PSCU sleeping quality and mental health.
