GENDER FEATURES OF SUBJECTIVE ASSESSMENT OF SLEEP QUALITY AND ITS DEPENDENCE ON THE LEVEL OF NEUROTICISM

Abstract

The purpose of the article is to scientifically substantiate the influence of gender characteristics on the subjective assessment of sleep quality, to establish significant relationships between the criteria of the Sleep Quality Index and the level of neuroticism. The research methodology took into account and followed the principles of biomedical ethics based on informed consent with respondents. During November 2024, 248 applicants for higher medical education of the Pirogov Vinnytsia National Medical University were clinically and psychologically examined. The survey was conducted using the following psychometric tools: the Pittsburgh questionnaire for determining the Sleep Quality Index (PSQI), the method is English-language, but in our study PSQI showed good reliability (cronbach’s α = 0.85), it was adapted by us as the Ukrainian version of the questionnaire. Psychodiagnostic tools presented a scale for psychological rapid diagnostics of the level of neuroticism. All those examined were divided into seven groups, depending on the level of severity of neuroticism; according to the indicator of psychological rapid diagnosis of the level of neuroticism: each of the subjects ‘responses to the approval of the neuroticism scale, we assigned the corresponding diagnostic coefficient, using for this purpose a form with diagnostic coefficients, taking into account the characteristics of the subjects’ gender. Statistical and mathematical analysis is performed using nonparametric methods of statistical analysis (univariate analysis of variance (Anova), Kraskel-Wallis criterion, Spearman’s rank correlation method). The scientific novelty lies in the fact that in the scientific work for the first time a complex characteristic of the dependence of sleep quality on the level of neuroticism is given, which takes into account the gender predictor, justifies the psychopharmalogical factor and opens up an opportunity to prevent the growth of a negative sleep quality index in the future. Conclusions. Neuroticism not only has a significant and direct prognostic effect (p<0.001) on sleep disorders, but also indirectly predicts sleep disorders. Sleep quality decreases with reduced neuroticism. The results highlight the therapeutic need to include psychoeducation and strategies aimed at reducing neuroticism in the context of military operations, in the treatment and administration of medical and psychological support, Psychopharmacology to people with high levels of neuroticism or sleep disorders.