Daytime sleepiness status and family dysfunctionality of residents in a youth restive community in Rivers State, Nigeria

Abstract

The daytime sleepiness and youth dysfunctionality in the youth restive community in Diobu, Rivers State, Nigeria was investigated through EPWORTH and APGAR models. A convenience or purposivesampling technique was used to arrive at the sample size of 28. The youths sampled were those who have resided in the area for 4-20 years and above and engaged in different trades from bunkering to criminal activities. The EPWOTH scale result depicted that 14, 12, and 2 persons representing 50.00%, 42.86%, and 7.14% had normal, mild, and moderate sleep respectively. Furthermore, 50.00% of the residents have undetected or mismanaged sleepiness issues. However, there were no severe sleepiness-related issues. Again, the APGAR scale depicted that 8, 16, and 4 persons representing 28.57%, 57.14%, and 14.29% respectively were highly functional, but moderately dysfunctional, and severely dysfunctional. Thus, suggesting that the majority of the youths sampled were dysfunctional and could not relate well with their family without knowing it. The overall result has shown that the majority of the persons sampled had excessive daytime sleepiness which agreed with the high level of family dysfunctionality observed in the area. This situation, if not properly handled, can lead to behavioural problems, mode changes, and impaired concentration adversely affecting productivity.