Factors influencing bedtime procrastination in junior college nursing students: a cross-sectional study

Dong Chen; Yuhuan Zhang; Jie Lin; Dong Pang; Dongyang Cheng; Daiwei Si

doi:10.1186/s12912-022-00881-7

Factors influencing bedtime procrastination in junior college nursing students: a cross-sectional study

BMC Nurs. 2022 Apr 27;21(1):97. doi: 10.1186/s12912-022-00881-7.

Authors

Dong Chen¹, Yuhuan Zhang², Jie Lin¹, Dong Pang³, Dongyang Cheng¹, Daiwei Si⁴

Affiliations

¹ Department of Nursing, Heilongjiang Nursing College, Harbin, 150086, Heilongjiang, China.
² Student affairs office, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University, Harbin, 150086, Heilongjiang, China. 2802262584@qq.com.
³ Department of Neurology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University, Harbin, 150086, Heilongjiang, China.
⁴ Department of orthopaedic, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University, Harbin, 150086, Heilongjiang, China.

Abstract

Background: Sleep quality is related to physical and mental health. Though bedtime procrastination has been identified as a potentially key source of poor sleep quality, related research is scarce. The goal of our study was to determine bedtime procrastination among nursing students and identify its influencing factors.

Methods: This cross-sectional study comprised 1827 junior college nursing students. The data were collected from November to December 2021 using a mobile app-based survey. We evaluated demographic factors, Big Five personality traits, self-regulatory fatigue, future time perspective, and problematic mobile phone use. Multiple linear regression analysis was used to identify independent characteristics that influence bedtime procrastination among junior college nursing students.

Results: The mean bedtime procrastination score in junior college nursing students was 25.11 ± 6.88. Family monthly income of 3000-6000 RMB (β = 0.740; p = 0.015), as well as that of > 6000 RMB (β = 1.708; p = 0.001), and an extroverted personality (β = 0.225; p = 0.001), self-regulatory fatigue (β = 0.135; p < 0.001), and problematic mobile phone use (β = 0.078; p < 0.001) had significant positive effects on bedtime procrastination. Conscientious personality (β = - 0.284; p = 0.003), neurotic personality (β = - 0.203; p = 0.031), and future time perspective (β = - 0.141; p < 0.001) had significant negative effects on bedtime procrastination.

Conclusion: The nursing students who participated in this study had moderate levels of bedtime procrastination. Bedtime procrastination was predicted by higher monthly household income; personality traits of extroversion, conscientiousness, and neuroticism; self-regulatory fatigue; future time perspective; and problematic mobile phone use.

Practical implications: We recommend that effective measures are needed to help alleviate bedtime procrastination and improve the health and well-being of nursing students.

Keywords: Bedtime procrastination; Junior college nursing students; Personality; Problematic Mobile phone use; Self-regulation fatigue; future time perspective.