1Student, Final Year - BA Psychology (Hons with Research), Chandigarh University, Mohali, Punjab, India
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2Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, Chandigarh University, Mohali, Punjab, India
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3Assistant Professor, Shrimathi Devkunvar Nanalal Bhatt Vaishnav College for Women, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
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Received: 16th Dec, 2025; Revised: 8th Feb, 2026; Accepted: 12th Feb, 2026; Available Online: 28th Feb, 2026
Sleep is an important factor in physical well-being, mental functioning and emotional stability. Poor sleep quality and sleep inertia are issues that are widespread among students and can impact their daily operations and academic success. The short period of sleepiness and lack of concentration immediately after waking up is referred to as sleep inertia. A quantitative cross-sectional study was conducted on 108 students (65 males and 43 females) aged between 19 and 25 and aimed at assessing the quality and inertia of their sleep and studying the relationship between the two. The Quality of Sleep was measured using the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index, and the Sleep Inertia Scale was used to measure sleep inertia. Some of the descriptive statistics that were used included the mean, standard deviation and percentage. Pearson correlation analysis was used to find out the significance of the relationship between the variables. The Quality of Sleep in students was different, as shown by a mean PSQI score of 12.19 (SD = 5.50). The mean of sleep inertia was 29.36 (SD = 9.55). The Pearson correlation analysis revealed a small and nonsignificant positive correlation between sleep quality and sleep inertia (r = .063, p > .05). The results indicate that students have dissimilar degrees of sleep quality and sleep inertia, but their correlation is weak. Encouraging the healthy sleeping habits of students can potentially enhance the functioning of the post-sleep and well-being.
Keywords: Sleep quality, Sleep inertia, Students, Gender differences, Sleep patterns.
How to cite this article: Agarwal M, Jaiswal P, Agarwal R. Sleep Inertia and Sleep Quality among Female and Male Students: A Comparative Study. Int J Drug Deliv Technol. 2026;16(5s): 627-633; DOI: 10.25258/ijddt.16.5s.80
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