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Increased digital media use is associated with sleep problems among university students: A study during the COVID-19 pandemic in Japan

This retrospective cohort study investigates the association between the incidence of sleep problems and changes in digital media use among university students during the COVID-19 pandemic. It used data from annual health check-ups performed at a Japanese university in 2019 and 2020. Students underg...

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Autores principales: Watanabe, Kasumi, Adachi, Hiroyoshi, Yamamoto, Ryohei, Fujino, Ryohei, Ishimaru, Daiki, Kanayama, Daisuke, Sakagami, Yukako, Akamine, Shoshin, Marutani, Noriko, Mamiya, Yoshimasa, Mashita, Midori, Nakano, Natsuko, Kudo, Takashi, Ikeda, Manabu
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9464822/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36104989
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2022.946265
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author Watanabe, Kasumi
Adachi, Hiroyoshi
Yamamoto, Ryohei
Fujino, Ryohei
Ishimaru, Daiki
Kanayama, Daisuke
Sakagami, Yukako
Akamine, Shoshin
Marutani, Noriko
Mamiya, Yoshimasa
Mashita, Midori
Nakano, Natsuko
Kudo, Takashi
Ikeda, Manabu
author_facet Watanabe, Kasumi
Adachi, Hiroyoshi
Yamamoto, Ryohei
Fujino, Ryohei
Ishimaru, Daiki
Kanayama, Daisuke
Sakagami, Yukako
Akamine, Shoshin
Marutani, Noriko
Mamiya, Yoshimasa
Mashita, Midori
Nakano, Natsuko
Kudo, Takashi
Ikeda, Manabu
author_sort Watanabe, Kasumi
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description This retrospective cohort study investigates the association between the incidence of sleep problems and changes in digital media use among university students during the COVID-19 pandemic. It used data from annual health check-ups performed at a Japanese university in 2019 and 2020. Students undergoing these check-ups were identified to respond to questions about sleep problems, digital media use, breakfast and exercise habits, and stress. In total, 3,869 students were included in the analysis. The association between the incidence of sleep problems in 2020 and the changes in digital media use between 2019 and 2020 was assessed using logistic regression models. The rate of long digital media use (≥ 2 hours) in 2019 was 42.6%, while in 2020 it was 53.6%. Incidence of sleep problems was observed in 244 students (6.3%) in 2020. There were 786 students (20.3%) who used digital media for ≤ 2 h in 2019 and ≥ 2 h in 2020. From the sample, 66 students (8.4%) reported incidence of sleep problems in 2020. Additionally, those respondents who specifically reported increased digital media use between 2019 and 2020 (increased use) where at greater risk (OR: 1.76; 95% CI: 1.21, 2.55) of reporting sleep problems in 2020, even after controlling for other study variables. Thus, this study provides evidence that the incidence of sleep problems has had a significant association with an increase in digital media use among university students throughout the COVID-19 pandemic. These findings highlight the importance of ensuring appropriate digital media use among students for improved quality of sleep.
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spelling pubmed-94648222022-09-13 Increased digital media use is associated with sleep problems among university students: A study during the COVID-19 pandemic in Japan Watanabe, Kasumi Adachi, Hiroyoshi Yamamoto, Ryohei Fujino, Ryohei Ishimaru, Daiki Kanayama, Daisuke Sakagami, Yukako Akamine, Shoshin Marutani, Noriko Mamiya, Yoshimasa Mashita, Midori Nakano, Natsuko Kudo, Takashi Ikeda, Manabu Front Psychiatry Psychiatry This retrospective cohort study investigates the association between the incidence of sleep problems and changes in digital media use among university students during the COVID-19 pandemic. It used data from annual health check-ups performed at a Japanese university in 2019 and 2020. Students undergoing these check-ups were identified to respond to questions about sleep problems, digital media use, breakfast and exercise habits, and stress. In total, 3,869 students were included in the analysis. The association between the incidence of sleep problems in 2020 and the changes in digital media use between 2019 and 2020 was assessed using logistic regression models. The rate of long digital media use (≥ 2 hours) in 2019 was 42.6%, while in 2020 it was 53.6%. Incidence of sleep problems was observed in 244 students (6.3%) in 2020. There were 786 students (20.3%) who used digital media for ≤ 2 h in 2019 and ≥ 2 h in 2020. From the sample, 66 students (8.4%) reported incidence of sleep problems in 2020. Additionally, those respondents who specifically reported increased digital media use between 2019 and 2020 (increased use) where at greater risk (OR: 1.76; 95% CI: 1.21, 2.55) of reporting sleep problems in 2020, even after controlling for other study variables. Thus, this study provides evidence that the incidence of sleep problems has had a significant association with an increase in digital media use among university students throughout the COVID-19 pandemic. These findings highlight the importance of ensuring appropriate digital media use among students for improved quality of sleep. Frontiers Media S.A. 2022-08-29 /pmc/articles/PMC9464822/ /pubmed/36104989 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2022.946265 Text en Copyright © 2022 Watanabe, Adachi, Yamamoto, Fujino, Ishimaru, Kanayama, Sakagami, Akamine, Marutani, Mamiya, Mashita, Nakano, Kudo and Ikeda. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
spellingShingle Psychiatry
Watanabe, Kasumi
Adachi, Hiroyoshi
Yamamoto, Ryohei
Fujino, Ryohei
Ishimaru, Daiki
Kanayama, Daisuke
Sakagami, Yukako
Akamine, Shoshin
Marutani, Noriko
Mamiya, Yoshimasa
Mashita, Midori
Nakano, Natsuko
Kudo, Takashi
Ikeda, Manabu
Increased digital media use is associated with sleep problems among university students: A study during the COVID-19 pandemic in Japan
title Increased digital media use is associated with sleep problems among university students: A study during the COVID-19 pandemic in Japan
title_full Increased digital media use is associated with sleep problems among university students: A study during the COVID-19 pandemic in Japan
title_fullStr Increased digital media use is associated with sleep problems among university students: A study during the COVID-19 pandemic in Japan
title_full_unstemmed Increased digital media use is associated with sleep problems among university students: A study during the COVID-19 pandemic in Japan
title_short Increased digital media use is associated with sleep problems among university students: A study during the COVID-19 pandemic in Japan
title_sort increased digital media use is associated with sleep problems among university students: a study during the covid-19 pandemic in japan
topic Psychiatry
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9464822/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36104989
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2022.946265
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