Smartphone addiction risk and daytime sleepiness in Korean adolescents
Chung JE, Choi SA, Kim KT, Yee J, Kim JH, Seong JW, Seong JM, Kim JY, Lee KE, Gwak HS
Journal of paediatrics and child health · 51 citations
How it was studied
- Design
- Cross-sectional study (indexed by PubMed)
- Studied in
- People
- Main outcome
- Health markers and function
Who paid for it
- Funding
- Independent funding
- University or hospital
- Chungbuk National University
- Government
- Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Planning
- Government
- National Research Foundation of Korea
- Grants
- National Research Foundation of Korea (MRC 2008‐0062275)
Based on 3 listed funder(s).
Publication
- Published
- 2018-04-06 · J Paediatr Child Health · vol. 54 · issue 7 · pp. 800–806
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Cited
- 95 citations · more than 99% of similar papers · 20.5× the field average
- Impact
- Top 10% most cited in its field
- References
- 43 works
- Access
- Paywalled
- Research areas
- Impact of Technology on Adolescents · Sleep and related disorders · Ergonomics and Musculoskeletal Disorders
- Keywords
- smartphone addiction, daytime sleepiness, adolescents, sleep disorders, alcohol consumption, academic performance, sleep timing, sleep duration, sex differences, Korean adolescents
- MeSH
- humans, health surveys, logistic models, risk assessment, risk factors, cross-sectional studies, behavior, addictive, adolescent, female, male, republic of korea, smartphone, sleep wake disorders, sleepiness
10 authors
From KR
- Jee Eun ChungHanyang University
- Soo An ChoiKorea University
- Ki Tai KimHonam University
- Jeong YeeEwha Womans University
- Joo Hee KimEwha Womans University; Chungbuk National University; Ajou University
- Jin Won SeongEwha Womans University
Abstract
Aim
Smartphone overuse can cause not only mobility problems in the wrists, fingers and neck but also interference with sleep habits. However, research on smartphone addiction and sleep disturbances is scarce. Therefore, we aimed to investigate daytime sleepiness in association with smartphone addiction risk in Korean adolescents.
Methods
A cross-sectional survey method was used in this study. The Pediatric Daytime Sleepiness Scale was used to assess daytime sleepiness, and the Korean Smartphone Addiction Proneness Scale index was used to evaluate the degree of risk for smartphone addiction.
Results
The analyses were performed in 1796 adolescents using smartphones, including 820 boys and 976 girls. The at-risk smartphone users made up 15.1% of boys and 23.9% of girls. Our multivariate analyses demonstrated that students who were female, consumed alcohol, had lower academic performance, did not feel refreshed in the morning and initiated sleep after 12 am were at a significantly higher risk of smartphone addiction. The at-risk smartphone user group was independently associated with the upper quartile Pediatric Daytime Sleepiness Scale score in students with the following factors: Female gender, alcohol consumption, poor self-perceived health level, initiating sleep after 12 am, longer time taken to fall asleep and duration of night sleep less than 6 h.
Conclusions
The quality of sleep in adolescence affects growth, emotional stability and learning skills. Therefore, the management of smartphone addiction seems to be essential for proper sleeping habits. There is a critical need to develop a means of preventing smartphone addiction on a social level.
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