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Background: Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic causes individuals at risk of anxiety and sleep disorders. Anxiety can cause a person’s sleep quality to be poor.
Objective: To investigate the association between anxiety and sleep quality among students in the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences UNIKA Atma Jaya during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Methods: This cross-sectional study involved 635 preclinical and clinical students at FKIK UNIKA Atma Jaya. Measuring instruments used were the Generalised Anxiety Disorder 7 (GAD-7) and the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI). Both instruments were distributed using Google Forms. Data analysis was performed descriptively and bivariate (Mann Whitney U Test).
Results: There were 62% of respondents with anxiety; among them, 37% were mild anxiety; 16.9% were moderate anxious; 8.2% were severe anxiety. This study finds that 66.28% of women with anxiety and 62.8% with poor sleep quality. In 2020, 73.81% of preclinical respondents experienced anxiety and 69.84% experienced poor sleep quality. The bivariate analysis demonstrated a significant association between anxiety and sleep quality among preclinical and clinical students at FKIK UNIKA Atma Jaya during the COVID-19 pandemic (p<0.05).
Conclusion: There is an association between anxiety and sleep quality in preclinical and clinical students in FKIK UNIKA Atma Jaya During the COVID-19 Pandemic.

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Yolanda Salim, Faculty of Health and Medical, Atma Jaya Catholic University of Indonesia, Jakarta

Faculty of Health and Medical, Atma Jaya Catholic University of Indonesia, Jakarta

Surilena, Faculty of Health and Medical, Atma Jaya Catholic University of Indonesia, Jakarta

Faculty of Health and Medical, Atma Jaya Catholic University of Indonesia, Jakarta

Nelly Tina Widjaja, Faculty of Health and Medical, Atma Jaya Catholic University of Indonesia, Jakarta

Faculty of Health and Medical, Atma Jaya Catholic University of Indonesia, Jakarta

Fransisca Tjhay, Faculty of Health and Medical, Atma Jaya Catholic University of Indonesia, Jakarta

Faculty of Health and Medical, Atma Jaya Catholic University of Indonesia, Jakarta

How to Cite
Salim, Y., Surilena, Widjaja, N. T. ., & Tjhay, F. . (2022). The relationship between anxiety and sleep quality among medical students during Covid-19 pandemic. JKKI : Jurnal Kedokteran Dan Kesehatan Indonesia, 13(2), 168–177. https://doi.org/10.20885/JKKI.Vol13.Iss2.art9