Association of sleep disturbances with TV and satellite watching and video games playing in 14-17 years old high school students of Qazvin

• Main Authors: Sh. Jalilolghadr, F. Hashemi, H. Jahanihashemi, Z. Yazdi, F. Alimoradi, M. Javadi
• Format: Article
• Language: fas
• Published: Qazvin University of Medical Sciences & Health Services 2017-06-01
• Series: The Journal of Qazvin University of Medical Sciences
• Subjects: Sleep disorders; Television; Video games; Adolescent
• Online Access: http://journal.qums.ac.ir/browse.php?a_id=1966&sid=1&slc_lang=en

Background: Sleep plays an important role in health. Reduced levels of attention, learning and memory are of adverse outcomes of sleep disorders in students. Objective: The aim of this study was to determine the association of sleep disturbances with watching TV and satellite and playing video games in 14-17 years old high school students of Qazvin. Methods: This cross sectional study was conducted in 653 high school students (14-17 years old) in Qazvin that were selected by multistage cluster random sampling method (2013-2014). Data were collected through Pediatric Sleep Questionnaire (PSQ) and BEARS questionnaires. Data were analyzed using Chi-square test, T-test, ANOVA and logistic regression analysis. Findings: From 653 students, 392 (60%) were female. The mean age was 15.73±0.99 years. The most prevalent sleep disturbances were waking up at night (74.4%), daytime sleepiness (69.8%), napping after school (66.6%), and nightmare (51.1%), respectively. Daytime sleepiness, nightmares, sleep after waking up, falling asleep in school, and nap after school time had significant association with watching satellite. Conclusion: With regards to the results, prevalence of sleep disorders was high in high school students of Qazvin and sleep disturbances were associated with duration of watching satellite.