Appleton Institute, CQUniversity Australia, Adelaide Campus, 44 Greenhill Rd, Wayville, South Australia 5034, Australia.
Division of Pediatric Behavioral Health, Department of Pediatrics, National Jewish Health, USA.
Sleep Health. 2019 Feb;5(1):64-67. doi: 10.1016/j.sleh.2018.10.008. Epub 2018 Nov 20.
Social media interactions via email and instant messaging (E/IM) are common in children and adolescents and may lead to insufficient sleep. This study investigated associations between high-frequency E/IM use to interact with peers, perceived insufficient sleep, and reduced time in bed (TIB) in female children and adolescents.
The Children's Report of Sleep Patterns was completed by 189 female primary and secondary school students (8-16 years old). Responses were categorized as binary variables (high-frequency use vs not high-frequency use; right amount of sleep vs too little sleep), and TIB was calculated from bed and wake times for the previous 24 hours.
High-frequency social media interactions using E/IM during the hour before bed were significantly associated with perceived insufficient sleep (odds ratio [confidence interval]: 2.68 [1.39-5.17]) but not with reduced TIB (-19.07 [-40.02 to 1.89]).
High-frequency social media interactions using E/IM in the hour before bed are a potentially modifiable risk factor for insufficient sleep in female students. Strategies to reduce nighttime usage may improve sleep in children and adolescents.
通过电子邮件和即时消息（E/IM）进行社交媒体互动在儿童和青少年中很常见，可能导致睡眠不足。本研究调查了高频 E/IM 用于与同龄人互动、感知睡眠不足和减少卧床时间（TIB）之间的关联在女性儿童和青少年中。
189 名小学和中学女生（8-16 岁）完成了《儿童睡眠模式报告》。反应被分类为二项变量（高频使用与非高频使用；睡眠充足与睡眠不足），并根据前 24 小时的睡眠时间和起床时间计算 TIB。
睡前一小时高频使用 E/IM 进行社交媒体互动与感知睡眠不足显著相关（优势比[置信区间]：2.68[1.39-5.17]），但与减少 TIB 无关（-19.07[-40.02 至 1.89]）。
睡前一小时高频使用 E/IM 进行社交媒体互动是女性学生睡眠不足的一个潜在可改变的危险因素。减少夜间使用的策略可能会改善儿童和青少年的睡眠。
