Practice points
1. Students of different education levels (from
school to university) are chronically sleep
deprived or suffer from poor sleep quality:
this is also due to psychosocial, environmental
and professional pressure.
2. Sleep quality and quantity induce several
effects on a student’s life: increased daytime
sleepiness, impaired mood, neurocognitive
deficits and behavioural changes.
3. The effects of sleep loss are mainly evident
on higher cognitive functions (attention,
memory, problem-solving, etc); as a result,
learning capacity and academic performance
may seriously be affected.
4. Studies in which sleep was actively