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Advanced Neurology

ORIGINAL RESEARCH ARTICLE
Polysomnographic sleep parameters in young

adult males with poor subjective sleep quality:
A cross-sectional comparative study against

normative values

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Tarushi Tanwar * , Mosab Aldabbas 2,3 , Iram Iram 4 , and Zubia Veqar *
1 Department of Physiotherapy, Kasturba Medical College Mangalore, Manipal Academy of Higher
Education, Manipal, India
2 Department of Physical Therapy, Faculty of Applied Medical Sciences, Al-Azhar University, Gaza,
Palestine
3 Department of Physiotherapy, International Committee of the Red Cross, Gaza, Palestine
4 Centre for Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation Sciences, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi, India

Abstract

Sleep quality significantly affects cognitive capacities, metabolic functions, and
overall well-being in young adult males. However, most studies on sleep disruption
in this population rely on self-reported surveys rather than objective assessments,
*Corresponding authors:
Tarushi Tanwar limiting understanding of actual sleep architecture. This cross-sectional comparative
(tarushi.tanwar@manipal.edu) study aimed to examine polysomnographic sleep characteristics of young adult
Zubia Veqar males with poor subjective sleep quality compared to established normative values
(zveqar@jmi.ac.in)
of healthy groups. Sleep quality was assessed using the Pittsburgh sleep quality index,
Citation: Tanwar T, Aldabbas M, and polysomnography (PSG) was conducted in a controlled laboratory environment.
Iram I, Veqar Z. Polysomnographic
sleep parameters in young Comprehensive sleep parameters analyzed included total sleep time (TST), sleep
adult males with poor subjective efficiency (SE), sleep onset latency (SOL), rapid eye movement (REM) onset latency
sleep quality: A cross-sectional (ROL), wakefulness (WK), and sleep stages N1, N2, N3, and REM sleep. Independent
comparative study against
normative values. Adv Neurol. t-tests were used for PSG data comparison. The study found that young adult males
2025;4(4):66-76. with poor subjective sleep quality had significantly lower TST (t = −7.04, p<0.001), WK
doi: 10.36922/an.8614 (t = −2.721, p=0.01), N2 (t = −5.993, p<0.001), and REM sleep (t = −21.532, p<0.001).
Received: January 20, 2025 Conversely, SE (t = 19.50, p<0.001), SOL (t = 4.75, p<0.001), ROL (t = 3.61, p=0.001),
N1 (t = 18.98, p<0.001), and N3 (t = 11.119, p<0.001) were significantly higher. These
Revised: July 7, 2025
findings indicate that young adult males with poor subjective sleep quality exhibited
Accepted: August 1, 2025 significantly different architecture. Notably, their high SE despite perceived poor sleep
Published online: August 25, 2025 highlights a discrepancy between subjective perception and objective sleep metrics.
Copyright: © 2025 Author(s).
This is an Open-Access article Keywords: Sleep; Polysomnography; Young adult male; Sleep quality; Pittsburgh Sleep
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1. Introduction
Publisher’s Note: AccScience
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published maps and institutional with poor sleep quality significantly impacting cognitive performance, metabolic
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affiliations. processes, immune function, and overall health outcomes. The importance of adequate

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