THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN SMART PHONE ADDICTION AND SLEEP PROBLEMS IN MEDICAL STUDENTS
Journal Title: Kocatepe Medical Journal - Year 2022, Vol 23, Issue 2
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: Today, the use of smart phones, which provide convenience in many areas such as communication, internet access and taking photographs, is becoming more and more common. In addition to the benefits of these devices to the user, it has been reported that they pose an addiction risk due to not being used for an appropriate period of time and frequency. This study aimed to investigate the frequency of smartphone addiction (SPA) and its relationship with sleep problems among medical students. MATERIAL AND METHODS: This cross-sectional study was conducted on medical students at Afyonkarahisar Health Sciences University, Faculty of Medicine between 05.05.2020 - 20.05.2020. A structured questionnaire in which sociodemographic characteristics, sleep problems and daytime sleepiness behaviors were questioned and the Smartphone Addiction Scale-Short Form (SPAS-SF) were applied to the participants. RESULTS: It was determined that 35 (23.5%) students whose SPAS-SF scores were above the third quarter value were determined to be probable addict or addict. No significant difference was found when non-addicted and addicted students were compared in terms of daily sleep duration (p>0.05). The behaviors of being restless when falling asleep, eating before going to sleep, being unable to leave their smartphones even when drowsy, and skipping breakfast to sleep more were significantly more common in addicted students (p<0.001, p=0.001, p<0.001, p=0.003; respectively). Daytime sleepiness behaviors were also found to be more frequent in addicted students (p<0.01). CONCLUSIONS: With this study, it was observed that SPA was common among medical students and sleep problems such as daytime sleepiness were more frequent in smartphone addicts.
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Ayşe TOLUNAY OFLU, Ayşegül BÜKÜLMEZ
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- DOI https://doi.org/10.18229/kocatepetip.834982
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