Poor sleep quality among bedtime smartphone user medical students in Ethiopia, 2024
Background: Smartphone use has become widespread and continues to grow rapidly. Medical students, already highly susceptible to sleep deprivation, may experience exacerbated issues due to smartphone usage, particularly at bedtime. Therefore, understanding the potential negative impacts of this behav...
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| author | Dereje Esubalew Amare Mebrat Delie Liknaw Workie Limenh Nigus Kassie Worku Eneyew Talie Fenta Mickiale Hailu Alemwork Abie Molla Getie Mehari Tenagnework Eseyneh Dagnaw Mihret Melese |
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| description | Background: Smartphone use has become widespread and continues to grow rapidly. Medical students, already highly susceptible to sleep deprivation, may experience exacerbated issues due to smartphone usage, particularly at bedtime. Therefore, understanding the potential negative impacts of this behavior is crucial. This study aims to assess the prevalence and risk factors of sleep quality among medical students bed time smart phone users in Ethiopia. Subject and methods: An institutional-based cross-sectional study design was employed, involving 354 undergraduate medical students selected through simple random sampling from Debre Marko's University, the University of Gondar, and Debre Berhan University. Data were collected using the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index and structured interviews. Variables with a p-value of ≤0.2 in bivariable regression were included in multivariable logistic regression. Crude odds ratios and adjusted odds ratios were calculated, while chi-square tests were used to assess assumptions. In multivariable regression, variables with a p-value of ≤0.05 were deemed significant predictors at the 95 % confidence interval. Result: The results showed that among bedtime smartphone users, 67.52 % had a poor sleep quality index greater than 5. Poor sleep quality was significantly linked to factors such as sex, regular coffee consumption, the purpose of smartphone use, phone position during use, the duration of smartphone use, and a history of disease. Social media usage was the most common activity, accounting for 41.60 % of smartphone use, followed by watching videos (21.65 %). Conclusion: This study highlights the detrimental effects of bedtime smartphone use on sleep quality, which subsequently impacts mental. Given these findings, it is strongly recommended that medical students reduce their smartphone use before bedtime to improve their sleep quality. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-06a11ab84ecf466683f30c345f75148d2025-08-20T02:49:52ZengElsevierSleep Medicine: X2590-14272024-12-01810013410.1016/j.sleepx.2024.100134Poor sleep quality among bedtime smartphone user medical students in Ethiopia, 2024Dereje Esubalew0Amare Mebrat Delie1Liknaw Workie Limenh2Nigus Kassie Worku3Eneyew Talie Fenta4Mickiale Hailu5Alemwork Abie6Molla Getie Mehari7Tenagnework Eseyneh Dagnaw8Mihret Melese9Department of Human Physiology, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Ambo University, Ambo, Ethiopia; Corresponding author.Department of Public Health, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Injibara University, Injibara, EthiopiaDepartment of Pharmaceutics, School of Pharmacy, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Gondar, Gondar, EthiopiaDepartment of public health, college of Medicine and health science, Dire Dawa University, Dire Dawa, EthiopiaDepartment of Public Health, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Injibara University, Injibara, EthiopiaDepartment of midwifery, College of Medicine and health science, Dire Dawa University, EthiopiaDepartment of Midwifery, College of Medicine and Health Science, Bahir Dar University, Bahir Dar, EthiopiaDepartment of Medical Laboratory Science, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Injibara, EthiopiaDepartment of Public Health, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Injibara University, Injibara, EthiopiaDepartment of Human Physiology, School of Medicine, College of Medicine and Health Science, University of Gondar, Gondar, EthiopiaBackground: Smartphone use has become widespread and continues to grow rapidly. Medical students, already highly susceptible to sleep deprivation, may experience exacerbated issues due to smartphone usage, particularly at bedtime. Therefore, understanding the potential negative impacts of this behavior is crucial. This study aims to assess the prevalence and risk factors of sleep quality among medical students bed time smart phone users in Ethiopia. Subject and methods: An institutional-based cross-sectional study design was employed, involving 354 undergraduate medical students selected through simple random sampling from Debre Marko's University, the University of Gondar, and Debre Berhan University. Data were collected using the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index and structured interviews. Variables with a p-value of ≤0.2 in bivariable regression were included in multivariable logistic regression. Crude odds ratios and adjusted odds ratios were calculated, while chi-square tests were used to assess assumptions. In multivariable regression, variables with a p-value of ≤0.05 were deemed significant predictors at the 95 % confidence interval. Result: The results showed that among bedtime smartphone users, 67.52 % had a poor sleep quality index greater than 5. Poor sleep quality was significantly linked to factors such as sex, regular coffee consumption, the purpose of smartphone use, phone position during use, the duration of smartphone use, and a history of disease. Social media usage was the most common activity, accounting for 41.60 % of smartphone use, followed by watching videos (21.65 %). Conclusion: This study highlights the detrimental effects of bedtime smartphone use on sleep quality, which subsequently impacts mental. Given these findings, it is strongly recommended that medical students reduce their smartphone use before bedtime to improve their sleep quality.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2590142724000326Poor sleep qualityPSQISmart phoneMedicineEthiopia |
| spellingShingle | Dereje Esubalew Amare Mebrat Delie Liknaw Workie Limenh Nigus Kassie Worku Eneyew Talie Fenta Mickiale Hailu Alemwork Abie Molla Getie Mehari Tenagnework Eseyneh Dagnaw Mihret Melese Poor sleep quality among bedtime smartphone user medical students in Ethiopia, 2024 Sleep Medicine: X Poor sleep quality PSQI Smart phone Medicine Ethiopia |
| title | Poor sleep quality among bedtime smartphone user medical students in Ethiopia, 2024 |
| title_full | Poor sleep quality among bedtime smartphone user medical students in Ethiopia, 2024 |
| title_fullStr | Poor sleep quality among bedtime smartphone user medical students in Ethiopia, 2024 |
| title_full_unstemmed | Poor sleep quality among bedtime smartphone user medical students in Ethiopia, 2024 |
| title_short | Poor sleep quality among bedtime smartphone user medical students in Ethiopia, 2024 |
| title_sort | poor sleep quality among bedtime smartphone user medical students in ethiopia 2024 |
| topic | Poor sleep quality PSQI Smart phone Medicine Ethiopia |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2590142724000326 |
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