Prospective associations between pre-sleep electronics use and same-night sleep in healthy school-aged children.
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Electronic devices are routinely associated with adverse effects on sleep; however, prospective studies among healthy children are unavailable. This study examined relationships among specific and total electronic device use within the hour before bed and same-night sleep patterns among 55 pre-pubertal children (7-11 years) without medical, psychiatric or sleep disorders. Sleep was assessed via subjective reports and actigraphy for 5 weeknights and pre-bed device use was assessed via daily diary. Neither total devices use nor any single type predicted sleep parameters the same night. The extent to which pre-bed electronics use impacts sleep in healthy children requires further investigation.
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Most research examined screen use over the whole day rather than that more immediate to bedtime, which is probably more detrimental to sleep.
“Most research examined screen use over the whole day rather than that more immediate to bedtime, which is probably more detrimental to sleep.14,15,16”
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The Discussion says the opposite of the claim’s comparison: pre-bedtime media use may be less consequential for healthy children’s sleep than total screen time across the day. The paper notes that some prospective studies examined 24-hour use, but does not establish that most research did so. (LLM, conf=0.88)
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- Authors
- So, C. J., Gallagher, M. W., Palmer, C. A., & Alfano, C. A.
- Affiliations
- University of Houston (US)
- Montana State University (US)
- Corresponding author
- So, Christine J.
- Venue
- Children s Health Care
- Publisher
- Informa UK Limited
- Published
- 2021-02-23
- Volume
- 50
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 293-310
- ISSN
- 0273-9615 (ISSN-L)
- 1532-6888
- PMC
- PMC8340849
- OpenAlex
- W3130928522
- Cited by
- 14
- References
- 54
- Citations by year
- 2026: 3 · 2025: 2 · 2024: 6 · 2023: 2 · 2022: 1
- FWCI
- 2.17
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
- Locations
- Children s Health Care (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
- Funders
- National Institute of Mental Health (R21 MH099351)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Sleep and related disorders
- Social Sciences › Education › Child Development and Digital Technology
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Impact of Technology on Adolescents
- Keywords
- digital technology use, sleep patterns, school-aged children, prepubertal children, healthy children, actigraphy, sleep duration, bedtime, screen time
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