Smartphone Usage and Sleep Quality in Korean Middle School Students During the COVID-19 Pandemic

• 영문명: Smartphone Usage and Sleep Quality in Korean Middle School Students During the COVID-19 Pandemic
• 발행기관: 대한신경정신의학회
• 저자명: Suhyuk Chi Min-soo Ko Jong-ha Lee Hyun-suk Yi Moon-Soo Lee
• 간행물 정보: 『Psychiatry Investigation』제19권 제9호, 722~728쪽, 전체 7쪽
• 주제분류: 의약학 > 정신과학
• 파일형태: PDF
• 발행일자: 2022.09.30

영문 초록

Objective This study evaluated the quality of sleep and smartphone addiction in Korean adolescents during the coronavirus disease 19 pandemic and analyzed their effects on perceived quality of life.Methods An online survey system provided by the Gwangmyeong City Health Center located in Gyeonggi-do, Korea, was completed by 1,678 local middle school students from April 1 to June 30, 2021. We measured quality of life using the KIDSCREEN-27 health-related quality of life questionnaire, quality of sleep using the Korean version of the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index, and smartphone addiction using the Smartphone Addiction Self-Diagnosis Scale. Bed times, wake times, and total sleep hours were also recorded.Results Sleep quality and quantity were directly associated with smartphone addiction. The results indicated that lower quality of life was associated with lower sleep quality, delayed onset of sleep, shorter total sleep time, and higher smartphone addiction. Female students reported lower quality of life, lower sleep quality, delayed sleep phases, shorter total sleep hours, and higher smartphone addiction scores than did male students.Conclusion Our results suggest that adolescents’ quality of life is threatened by poor sleep, which in turn could be due to unhealthy smartphone usage. Girls were more heavily affected by this trend than were boys. Preparations to intervene for further mental health issues that might follow are necessary.

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COVID-19 Quality of life Sleep quality Smartphone addiction