Screen use could up insomnia risk by up to 60 per cent, slash sleep time by half-hour, study finds
Screen use could up insomnia risk by up to 60 per cent, slash sleep time by half-hour, study finds
NEW DELHI: (Mar 31) An hour of screen use before sleep could increase risk of insomnia by nearly 60 per cent and cut down sleep time by about half an hour, a study has found.
Over 45,000 students in Norway, aged 18-28, were asked about their sleep times and habits, including how long they used screens after going to bed. Purpose of screen use, such as watching movies or social media, was also reported by the participants.
"The type of screen activity does not appear to matter as much as the overall time spent using screens in bed," said Gunnhild Johnsen Hjetland of the Norwegian Institute of Public Health and lead author of the study published in the journal Frontiers in Psychiatry.
