A Quantitative Assessment of the Impact of Nutritional Choices, Quality of Sleep and Physical Activity on the General Health of Staff and Students at the All Saints University School of Medicine, Dominica

This study utilized a quantitative approach to investigate the impact of nutritional choices, quality of sleep and physical activity on the general health of staff and students at the All Saints University School of Medicine, Dominica. Seventy-seven people (14 staff members and 63 students) participated in the survey. The Nutritional Assessment Instrument of the Government of Northwest Territories was utilized to assess the nutritional choices of participants, the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI) was used to determine the quality of sleep, the International Physical Activity Questionnaire—Short Form was used to assess the physical activity while the SF-36 Questionnaire was utilized to assess the general health of participants. The mean general health of participants was 75.46 (SD = 15.44) out of a maximum of 100. Nutritional choices (r = .270, P = .018), quality of sleep (r = .387, P