Prevalence of smartphone addiction and its impact on sleep quality among school-going students: A cross-sectional study
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.70066/jahm.v13i4.1835Keywords:
Keywords: Smartphone addiction, sleep quality, Smartphone addiction scale short version (SAS-SV) and Pittsburgh sleep quality index (PSQI).Abstract
Background Smartphones are small portable devices with touch screens that can be operated with either a finger or a stylus. Smartphones are widely utilized and indispensable in the daily lives of young people. Sleep is one of the most important necessities for human survival. It is vital for returning to a normal life and revitalizing weary bodies and minds. Objective: smartphone addiction is and how it affects school-age children's sleep in both urban and rural areas. Materials and Methods: 140 enrolled students were chosen by simple random sampling to participate in a cross-sectional in-person study. The study was conducted from March 2023 to May 2023 in two urban and two rural areas of Belagavi. The Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI) and the Smartphone Addiction Scale Short Version (SAS-SV) were used to assess the students' smartphone addiction and sleep quality, distinguishing between good and poor sleep. Pearson's Chi-square test of independence was used to assess the relationship between smartphone and sleep quality. Results: Out of 140 students who have completed the questionnaires, 88 (62.9%) were addicted to Smartphone, 52(37.1%) were not addicted to Smartphone,15(10.7%) and 125(89.3%) had good and poor sleep quality respectively. Conclusion: Pearson's Chi-square test of independence showed the relationship between smartphone and sleep quality. High school-going students were more affected by smart phone addiction. The males were more addicted to smart phone than females. The study revealed that in High school-going students males had majority of the poor quality of sleep than females. The present findings of the study can be used for framing health policy for adolescents in relation to the usage of smartphones.
References
Kumar VA, Chandrasekaran V, Brahadeeswari H. Prevalence of smartphone addiction and its effects on sleep quality: A cross-sectional study among medical students. Ind Psychiatry J. 2019;28(1):82–85.https://doi.org/10.4103/ipj.ipj_56_19
Sahin S, Ozdemir K, Unsal A, Temiz N. Evaluation of mobile phone addiction level and sleep quality in university students. Pak J Med Sci. 2013;29(4):913–918. https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.294.3686
Sohn SY, Krasnoff L, Rees P, Kalk NJ, Carter B. The association between smartphone addiction and sleep: A UK cross-sectional study of young adults. Front Psychiatry. 2021;12:629407. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2021.629407
Kwon M, Kim D-J, Cho H, Yang S. The smartphone addiction scale: Development and validation of a short version for adolescents. PLoS One. 2013;8(12):e83558. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0083558
Takács J, Bódizs R, Ujma PP, Horváth K, Rajna P, Harmat L. Effects of smartphone use on sleep quality: A polysomnographic study. Sleep Breath. 2016;20(3):1045–1051. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11325-016-1347-7
Kurugodiyavar MD, HR S, Godbole M, Nekar MS. Impact of smartphone use on quality of sleep among medical students. Int J Community Med Public Health. 2017;5(1):101–109. https://doi.org/10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20175604
Tokiya M, Itani O, Otsuka Y, Kaneita Y. Relationship between internet addiction and sleep disturbance in high school students: A cross-sectional study. BMC Pediatr. 2020;20(1):379. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12887-020-02275-7
Lee KE, Kim SH, Ha TY, Yoo YM, Han JJ, Jung JH, Jang JY. Dependency on smartphone use and its association with anxiety in Korea. Public Health Rep. 2016;131(3):411–419. https://doi.org/10.1177/003335491613100307
Arzani-Birgani A, Zarei J, Favaregh L, Ghanaatiyan E. Internet addiction, mental health, and sleep quality in students of medical sciences, Iran: A cross-sectional study. J Educ Health Promot. 2021;10:409. https://doi.org/10.4103/jehp.jehp_1506_20
Ibrahim NK, Baharoon BS, Banjar WF, Jar AA, Ashor RM, Aman AA, Al-Ahmadi JR. Mobile phone addiction and its relationship to sleep quality and academic achievement of medical students at King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. J Res Health Sci. 2018;18(3):e00420. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30270211/
Additional Files
Published
How to Cite
Issue
Section
License
Copyright (c) 2025 Kadambaris Sagare
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.
Authors retain the copyright of their work and grant the Journal of Ayurveda and Holistic Medicine (JAHM) the right of first publication. All published articles are licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) license, which permits non-commercial sharing, use, distribution, and adaptation with proper attribution and the same license terms.
JAHM ensures free, irrevocable, worldwide access to its content. Users may copy, distribute, display, and share published works for non-commercial purposes with appropriate credit to the author(s) and the journal. Limited printed copies for personal, non-commercial use are allowed under the same license.
If a submission is not accepted for publication, the author(s) will be notified.
By submitting, authors confirm that the work is original, that all listed authors have contributed and approved it, and that it does not infringe any third-party rights or duplicate work submitted elsewhere.
