“Calidad del sueño y su influencia en la atención sostenida”

Abstract

The objective of this research is to find the correlation between the quality of sleep and the sustained attention in students of the Technical University of Ambato of the Faculty of Health Sciences of the City of Ambato, Province of Tungurahua. It focused on a population of 7th and 8th semester of the Career Clinical Psychology in the period October 2016 - March 2017, with a number of 51 people between men and women whit ranging from 19 to 23 years of age. The instruments to be used were the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index, and the D2 Test to measure sustained attention The study carried out has a correlational because it allows collecting information on the problem posed and thus establish or propose solutions for it, in addition, a quantitative approach since it obtains percentages and real statistical data regarding the problem. The following results were obtained: 100% (n = 51) of the students are bad sleepers, presentinga deficit in the sustained attention equivalent to 66,7% (n = 34). It is concluded that the poor quality of sleep has a direct impact on the subprocesses with the participation of sustained attention making this deficient at the time of carrying out daytime activities such as in the educational field that applies attention - learning necessary for the proper development of adolescents.