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Tracked and self-reported nighttime smartphone use, general health, and healthcare utilization: results from the SmartSleep Study.
Drews, Henning Johannes; Sejling, Christoffer; Andersen, Thea Otte; Varga, Tibor V; Jensen, Andreas Kryger; Rod, Naja Hulvej.
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  • Drews HJ; Section of Epidemiology, Department of Public Health, University of Copenhagen, Denmark.
  • Sejling C; Section of Biostatistics, Department of Public Health, University of Copenhagen, Denmark.
  • Andersen TO; Section of Epidemiology, Department of Public Health, University of Copenhagen, Denmark.
  • Varga TV; Section of Epidemiology, Department of Public Health, University of Copenhagen, Denmark.
  • Jensen AK; Section of Biostatistics, Department of Public Health, University of Copenhagen, Denmark.
  • Rod NH; Section of Epidemiology, Department of Public Health, University of Copenhagen, Denmark.
Sleep ; 47(6)2024 Jun 13.
Article en En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-38349329
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OBJECTIVES:

Nighttime smartphone use is an increasing public health concern. We investigated whether nighttime smartphone use is associated with general health and primary healthcare utilization.

METHODS:

Four thousand five hundred and twenty individuals (age 35.6 ±â€…9.7 years, 35% male) provided self-reported information on smartphone use frequency, symptoms of depression, and general health (one-item perceived health and cross-symptom composite score). A subset of the study sample (n = 3221) tracked their nighttime smartphone use. Primary healthcare utilization, i.e. the number of weeks in which at least one service from the patient's general practitioner (GP) was billed in 2020, was extracted from Danish population registries. Statistical analysis comprised logistic and multiple linear regression, controlling for sociodemographics.

RESULTS:

Three hundred and nineteen individuals (7%) reported using their smartphone almost every night or more. More frequent self-reported nighttime smartphone use was associated with poor general health across all measures. Using the smartphone almost every night or more was associated with 2.8 [95% CI 1.9, 4.1] fold higher odds of reporting poor health and with an average of 1.4 [95% CI 0.7, 2.1] additional GP utilizations per year compared to no use. Associations were also found for the cross-symptom composite score across all symptoms. Further adjustment for symptoms of depression attenuated some associations. Smartphone use towards the end of the sleep period (sleep-offset use) was associated with poorer self-reported general health, but not with healthcare utilization.

CONCLUSIONS:

Nighttime smartphone use frequency is associated with poor general health and healthcare utilization. Further studies should investigate the underlying causal structure and nighttime smartphone use as a transdiagnostic intervention target.
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Texto completo: 1 Colección: 01-internacional Base de datos: MEDLINE Asunto principal: Aceptación de la Atención de Salud / Estado de Salud / Depresión / Autoinforme / Teléfono Inteligente Aspecto: Implementation_research Límite: Adult / Female / Humans / Male / Middle aged País/Región como asunto: Europa Idioma: En Revista: Sleep Año: 2024 Tipo del documento: Article País de afiliación: Dinamarca Pais de publicación: Estados Unidos
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Texto completo: 1 Colección: 01-internacional Base de datos: MEDLINE Asunto principal: Aceptación de la Atención de Salud / Estado de Salud / Depresión / Autoinforme / Teléfono Inteligente Aspecto: Implementation_research Límite: Adult / Female / Humans / Male / Middle aged País/Región como asunto: Europa Idioma: En Revista: Sleep Año: 2024 Tipo del documento: Article País de afiliación: Dinamarca Pais de publicación: Estados Unidos