@article { author = {Abd El Razek Younis Bakheet, Shimaa}, title = {Sleep Hygiene Awareness, Sleep Hygiene Practice, and Sleep Quality among public secondary school students at Minia district, Egypt}, journal = {Egyptian Journal of Health Care}, volume = {13}, number = {4}, pages = {1148-1159}, year = {2022}, publisher = {Ain Shams University, Faculty of Nursing}, issn = {1687-9546}, eissn = {3009-6766}, doi = {10.21608/ejhc.2022.267161}, abstract = {Sleep is critically essential to human beings as it can safely maintain mental and physical health andwell-being, especially among adolescents. Aim: The study aimed to assess the relation betweensleep hygiene awareness, sleep hygiene practice, and sleep quality among public secondary schoolstudents at Minia district, Egypt. Research design: A descriptive correlational design was used inthe study. Setting: The study was conducted at three governmental public secondary schools atMinia district. Sample: A stratified random sample of 600 students was included in the study.Tools of data collection: The 1st tool was a self -administered questionnaire to assess sleep hygieneawareness, the 2nd tool was the sleep hygiene index to assess the practice of sleep hygiene and the3rd tool was the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index to assess sleep quality. Results: The study revealedthat more than half (56.8%) of the participants had an unsatisfactory level of sleep hygieneawareness, more than half (52.0%) had a good level of sleep hygiene practice, while the majority(84.8%) had a poor level of sleep quality. The study also revealed statistical significant differencesbetween sleep quality and sleep hygiene awareness and practices. Conclusion: Sleep hygieneawareness was unsatisfactory among more than half of the participants, while sleep hygiene practicewas poor among about half of them, and the majority, their sleep quality was poor. The study also,revealed that sleep quality is related to both sleep hygiene awareness, and sleep hygiene practice.Recommendations: A planned educational intervention regarding the importance of sleep, sleephygiene, and good sleep quality can be an effective way of empowering adolescents to mitigate thelong-term effect of poor sleep quality on their health.}, keywords = {Sleep Hygiene Awareness,Sleep Hygiene Practices,and Sleep Quality,public secondary school students}, url = {https://ejhc.journals.ekb.eg/article_267161.html}, eprint = {https://ejhc.journals.ekb.eg/article_267161_2907f9c1349de36038d50e087fc5a040.pdf} }