Evaluation of High School Students’ Smartphone Addiction and Insomnia Level
Objective:To determine the frequency of smartphone addiction among high school students using smart phones and the severity of insomnia.Materials and Methods:This cross-sectional study was performed between April and June 2019 and included high school students. The study group comprised a total of 7...
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doaj-22ee522da53d4f92a7ad99c31fa993932021-01-08T12:27:04ZengGalenos YayineviTürk Uyku Tıbbı Dergisi2148-15042148-15042020-12-0171455110.4274/jtsm.galenos.2020.8475513049054Evaluation of High School Students’ Smartphone Addiction and Insomnia LevelÖzlem Çağan0Bennur Koca1 Eskişehir Osmangazi University Faculty of Health Sciences, Department of Midwifery, Eskişehir, Turkey Dokuz Eylül University Vocational School of Health Services, PhD RN First and Emergency Aid Program, İzmir, Turkey Objective:To determine the frequency of smartphone addiction among high school students using smart phones and the severity of insomnia.Materials and Methods:This cross-sectional study was performed between April and June 2019 and included high school students. The study group comprised a total of 745 high school students who used smartphones. Their smartphone addiction was analysed using the Smartphone Addiction scale-short form. The Insomnia Severity index was used to evaluate insomnia levels.Results:According to the findings, 461 (61.9%) participants were female and 284 (38.1%) were male. The mean age was 15.76±0.90 years (range 14-18 years). The frequency of smartphone addiction was found to be 36.9% (n=275). The important risk factors for smartphone addiction were being a female, checking the smartphone 49 times or more in a day, using the smartphone for 5 h or more in a day, carrying a charger, spending time on the smartphone before falling asleep at night, checking the smartphone after waking up and having sleep problems. In our study, a weak positive correlation was observed between smartphone addiction and the severity of insomnia.Conclusion:In this study, smartphone addiction was determined to be an important health problem among high school students. There was a weak positive correlation between smartphone addiction and the severity of insomnia. To reduce smartphone addiction, students, parents and teachers should be informed about the misuse of smartphones. http://jtsm.org/archives/archive-detail/article-preview/evaluation-of-high-school-students-smartphone-addi/42891 smartphonesinsomniahigh school students |
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Objective:To determine the frequency of smartphone addiction among high school students using smart phones and the severity of insomnia.Materials and Methods:This cross-sectional study was performed between April and June 2019 and included high school students. The study group comprised a total of 745 high school students who used smartphones. Their smartphone addiction was analysed using the Smartphone Addiction scale-short form. The Insomnia Severity index was used to evaluate insomnia levels.Results:According to the findings, 461 (61.9%) participants were female and 284 (38.1%) were male. The mean age was 15.76±0.90 years (range 14-18 years). The frequency of smartphone addiction was found to be 36.9% (n=275). The important risk factors for smartphone addiction were being a female, checking the smartphone 49 times or more in a day, using the smartphone for 5 h or more in a day, carrying a charger, spending time on the smartphone before falling asleep at night, checking the smartphone after waking up and having sleep problems. In our study, a weak positive correlation was observed between smartphone addiction and the severity of insomnia.Conclusion:In this study, smartphone addiction was determined to be an important health problem among high school students. There was a weak positive correlation between smartphone addiction and the severity of insomnia. To reduce smartphone addiction, students, parents and teachers should be informed about the misuse of smartphones. |
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