Screen Use at Bedtime and Sleep Duration and Quality Among Youths
In this repeated-measures cohort study, use of an objective method showed that screen time once in bed was associated with impairment of sleep, especially when screen time was interactive or involved multitasking. These findings suggest that current sleep hygiene recommendations to restrict all screen time before bed seem neither achievable nor appropriate.
Authors
- Shay-Ruby Wickham
- Jillian Joy Haszard (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6312-7795)
- Rachael Waring Taylor (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9516-2253)
- Barbara C. Galland (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2376-3575)
- Bradley Brosnan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5367-2634)
- Kim Meredith‐Jones (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5445-4871)
Institutions
- University of Otago (NZ)
Publication Details
- Journal
- JAMA Pediatrics
- Published
- 2024-09-03
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1001/jamapediatrics.2024.2914
- Citations
- 43
- Primary Topic
- Impact of Technology on Adolescents
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 48.68