Frequent weekday technology use at bedtime was associated with significant adverse effects on multiple sleep parameters in adolescents.

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Sleep Med. 2014 Feb ;15(2):240-7. Epub 2013 Dec 15. PMID: 24394730

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Associations between specific technologies and adolescent sleep quantity, sleep quality, and parasomnias.

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OBJECTIVE: We tested the hypothesis that weekday bedtime use of six technologies would be significantly associated with eight sleep parameters studied relating to sleep quantity, sleep quality, and parasomnias.METHODS: In our cross-sectional study, we previously administered validated age-appropriate questionnaires (School Sleep Habits Survey, Technology Use Questionnaire). Participating adolescents (n=738; 54.5% boys) were aged 11-13 years and were from the Midlands region of the United Kingdom in 2010.RESULTS: Frequent use of all technology types was significantly inversely associated with weekday sleep duration (hours). Frequent music listeners and video gamers had significantly prolonged sleep onset (β=7.03 [standard error {SE}, 2.66]; P

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