Association of sleep disturbances with TV and satellite watching and video games playing in 14-17 years old high school students of Qazvin

authors:

avatar Shabnam Jalilolghadr , avatar F Hashemi , avatar H Jahani Hashemi , avatar mahnaz abbasi , avatar F Alimoradi , avatar Maryam Javadi , *

Journal of Inflammatory Diseases: Vol.21, issue 2; 40-31
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how to cite: Jalilolghadr S, Hashemi F, Jahani Hashemi H, abbasi M, Alimoradi F, et al. Association of sleep disturbances with TV and satellite watching and video games playing in 14-17 years old high school students of Qazvin. J Inflamm Dis. 2017;21(2):e156018. 

Abstract

Background: Sleep plays an important role in health. Reduced levels of attention, learning and memory are of adverse outcomes of sleep disorders in students. Objective: The aim of this study was to determine the association of sleep disturbances with watching TV and satellite and playing video games in 14-17 years old high school students of Qazvin. Methods: This cross sectional study was conducted in 653 high school students (14-17 years old) in Qazvin that were selected by multistage cluster random sampling method (2013-2014). Data were collected through Pediatric Sleep Questionnaire (PSQ) and BEARS questionnaires. Data were analyzed using Chi-square test, T-test, ANOVA and logistic regression analysis. Findings: From 653 students, 392 (60%) were female. The mean age was 15.73±0.99 years. The most prevalent sleep disturbances were waking up at night (74.4%), daytime sleepiness (69.8%), napping after school (66.6%), and nightmare (51.1%), respectively. Daytime sleepiness, nightmares, sleep after waking up, falling asleep in school, and nap after school time had significant association with watching satellite. Conclusion: With regards to the results, prevalence of sleep disorders was high in high school students of Qazvin and sleep disturbances were associated with duration of watching satellite.