Aminah Zahra

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Author(s): Nihayah, M.􀀍 , Ismarulyusda I., Syarif,
H.L., Nur Zakiah, M.S., Baharudin, O., Fadzil, M.H.
Title: Sleeping Hours and Academic Achievements: A
Study among Biomedical Science Students
Publication: Published by Elsevier
Year 2011. Volume 18. Issue 1. Pages 617-621
Number of Subjects/Size of Group: A total of 104 subjects.
Year 2 and year 3 Biomedical Science students of Faculty of
Allied Health Sciences, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia for
the session 2009/2010.
Country/Location of Study: Faculty of Allied Health
Sciences, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
Total Duration of Exposure: (Please specify number of
hours/activity and frequency of exposures.) : a few weeks.
Level/Stage: Biomedical Science Students, year 2 and 3
(2009/2010).
Objective / Purpose of the Study: to determine the
sleeping hours and their effect on the academic
achievements.
Tied to theoretical/conceptual framework: not
mentioned
Specify whether the author demonstrates awareness
of the literature: yes, because the authors had
written their literature study by writing the result of
onother study before. Written on the introduction,
the second paragraph, “Previous study by Trocker et
al. (2000) to evaluate health related variables on
academic performance found that sleep had the
largest effect on semester GPA compared to the other
health related variables such as exercise, nutrition
intake, mental health, stress and time management.”
We could see the discussion of this study, they
compared their study to others.
Study Design: Correlational study
Data Collection Methods : Questionnaire √
Data Sources : Colleagues & peers √
Data analysis : The results were analysed by using SPSS
version 16.0.
Study Quality : 3
 Strengths: Simple and easy to be understood.
 Weaknesses: The result can’t use to assess all of
students. Due to limitation of subjects.
Strength of Findings: 3
Conclusions can probably be based on the results. √
The conclusion couldn’t represent all of students
in this world because of small subjects. Better if
the authors use wider subjects.
Avenues for Further Research: Further research
should use larger samples could help in generalizing
the results of our work.