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Table 1 Socio-demographics of Ethiopian university students

From: Validation of the adapted Leeds sleep evaluation questionnaire in Ethiopian university students

Characteristics

Mean ± SD/ Frequency

Age (yr)

21.87 ± 4.13

BMI (Kg/m2)

20.84 ± 3.18

Gender

 Male

350(82.5%)

 Female

74(17.5%)

Ethnicity

 Bench

33(7.8%)

 Kaffa

15(3.5%)

 Oromo

129(30.4%)

 Amhara

139(32.8%)

 Tigre

3(0.7%)

 Wolaita

8(1.9%)

 Others

97(22.9%)

Religion

 

 Orthodox Christian

208(49.1%)

 Protestants Christian

136(32.1%)

 Catholic

1(0.2%)

 Islam

70(16.5%)

 Others

9(2.1%)

Years of university education

 1 yr

152(35.8%)

 2 yr

153(36.1%)

 3 yr

48(11.3%)

 4 yr

38(9.0%)

 5 yr

33(7.8%)

Attendance

 

 Upto 80%

54(12.74%)

 80-90%

42(9.91%)

 90-100%

328(77.36%)

Monthly Family Income (In Birr)

 

 Very Low (less than 445)

44(10.4%)

 Low (446-1200)

78(18.4%)

 Average (1201-2500)

55(13.0%)

 Above average (2501-3500)

30(7.1%)

 High (greater than 3500)

80(18.9%)

 Unknown

137(32.3%)

Parents

 Single

180(42.5%)

 Married

236(55.7%)

 Divorced

8 (1.9%)

GAD-7

7.24 ± 4.47

Sleep

 LSEQ score

58.31 ± 21.49

 ICSD-R Classification

 

  Primary insomnia/normal

133 (31.4%)/ 291 (68.6%)

Substance use/ Habits

 Chat user/non-user

18(4.2%)/406(95.8%)

 Alcohol user/alcohol non-user

23(5.4%)/401(94.6%)

 Smoker/non-smoker

2(0.5%)/422(99.5%)

 Tea/Coffee consumer/ non-consumer

389 (91.7%)/35(8.3%)

 Beverage consumer/beverage non-consumer

253(59.7%)/171(40.3%)

  1. BMI Body mass index; LSEQ, ICSD-R International Classification of Sleep Disorders, revised criteria, GAD-7 Generalized Anxiety Disorder-7