Adolescents’ Sleep Habits, Internet Use and Changing Sleep-Wake Schedule
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2019
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Objective: The physical and psychological changesexperienced during adolescence can change the sleep pattern.However, unconsciously use of internet by adolescents canlead to some problems on sleeping habits. The aim of thisstudy was to investigate the relationship between sleephabits and internet use and changing sleep-wake schedule inadolescents.Material-Method: A cross-sectional study was conducted. Theparticipants were 1498 secondary school students aged 10-14.Sleep habits and internet use and changing sleep-wake schedulewere assessed using a questionnaire which was by preparedthrough by the researchers.Results: Of the 1498 participants, 48.5% had sleep problemsand the most common sleep problem was difficulty on fallingasleep (43.5%). 94.9% of adolescents were used internetand they mostly were spent 1.5-2 hours in internet. It wasdetermined to delay timing of sleep due to use of internet23.6% of adolescents who used internet and majority of theirfamilies (73.9%) had complaints about the negative effectsof internet use on sleep. Adolescents’ sleep problems werefound to be associated with delaying the timing of sleep dueto internet use (p<0.05). Also, adolescents’ internet use wasassociated with fall asleep duration (p<0.05).Conclusions: Internet use creates various problems inadolescents’ fall asleep duration and sleep hours when it is usedwithout family control and in a long duration.
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Süleyman Demirel Üniversitesi Sağlık Bilimleri Dergisi
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