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“To sleep, perchance to tweet”: in-bed electronic social media use and its associations with insomnia, daytime sleepiness, mood, and sleep duration in adults
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Objectives The use of mobile device-based electronic social media (ESM) in bed is rapidly becoming commonplace, with potentially adverse impacts on sleep and daytime functioning. The purpose of this study was to determine the extent to which in-bed ESM use is associated with insomnia, daytime sleepiness, mood, and sleep duration in adults.Methods This was a cross-sectional observational study conducted among 855 hospital employees and university students (mean age, 43.6years; 85% female) via an online questionnaire.Results Nearly 70% of participants indulged in in-bed ESM use, with nearly 15% spending an hour or more a night doing so. The degree of in-bed ESM use did not vary by gender, but higher levels of in-bed ESM use were seen in younger and middle-aged than elderly participants. Compared with participants with no in-bed ESM use and controlling for age, gender, and ethnicity, participants with high in-bed ESM use were more likely to have insomnia, anxiety, and short sleep duration on weeknights, but not depression or daytime sleepiness; low in-bed ESM use only increased the likelihood of short sleep duration on weeknights. In-bed ESM use by a bed partner did not have an adverse association with sleep or mood.Conclusions In-bed ESM use is associated with sleep and mood dysfunction in adults. These findings are of relevance to clinicians, therapists, and the public at large, as they suggest that limitation of in-bed ESM use is a potential interventional strategy in the overall management of sleep hygiene and mental health.
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Metadata
- Authors
- Bhat, S., Pinto-Zipp, G., Upadhyay, H., & Polos, P. G.
- Affiliations
- John F. Kennedy Medical Center (US)
- Corresponding author
- Bhat, Sushanth
- ORCID
- Upadhyay, Hinesh
- Venue
- Sleep Health
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2018-04
- Volume
- 4
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 166-173
- ISSN
- 2352-7218 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2783475325
- Cited by
- 114
- References
- 42
- Citations by year
- 2026: 7 · 2025: 20 · 2024: 16 · 2023: 16 · 2022: 20 · 2021: 18 · 2020: 8 · 2019: 7 · 2018: 2
- FWCI
- 11.46
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Sleep Health (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Sleep and related disorders
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Impact of Technology on Adolescents
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Sleep and Work-Related Fatigue
- Keywords
- insomnia, daytime sleepiness, mood, anxiety, depression, sleep duration, sleep hygiene, mobile devices, adults
- MeSH terms
- Sleepiness, Adolescent, Adult, Affect, Aged, Beds, Cross-Sectional Studies, Female, Humans, Sleep Initiation and Maintenance Disorders, Male, Middle Aged, Surveys and Questionnaires, Sleep, Time Factors, Young Adult, Social Media
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