The Impact Of Smartphone Addiction On Sleep Quality Among High School Students In Makkah, Saudi Arabia

Weam M.  Alahdal; Amani A.  Alsaedi; Aliyah S.  Algarni; Omnia S.  Abualnaja; Fatmah S.  Alharbi

Authors

Weam M. Alahdal
Amani A. Alsaedi
Aliyah S. Algarni
Omnia S. Abualnaja
Fatmah S. Alharbi

Abstract

Background

Smartphones are internet-accessible devices that everyone can use in any setting. The popularity of cell phones is growing. The pervasiveness of smartphone technology raises concerns about its addiction among adolescents and its association with sleep quality and mental and physical health issues.

Objectives

This study aimed to determine the eﬀect of smartphone addiction on sleep quality among secondary high schools in Makkah, Saudi Arabia.

Methods

The study was conducted on high school students in Makkah, Saudi Arabia, by a cross-sectional analytic design from Janu[1]ary 2023 to August 2023. The study used a multistage stratified random sampling technique to select participants. The data was collected from an online self- administrated survey and analyzed using SPSS.

Results

This study included 373 respondents. Among those, males represented two-thirds of the study population (66%) while females were (34%). The mean age of participants was 15.8 ± 5.56 years. Our results showed that the average number of hours spent on mobile was 6.9 ± 4.45 per day. Furthermore, our findings revealed that the mean of the SAS-SV score was 38.5 ± 10.8 out of 60, and the average Global PSQI score was 6.63 ± 3.03 out of 21. The results showed that study participants had problems using smartphones longer than they intended, constantly checking them and missing planned work due to smartphone use.

There is a positive correlation between smartphone addiction and sleep quality (r = 0.261, p < 0.001), indicating that the respondents had worse sleep quality when smartphone addiction increased and the Global PSQI increased.

Conclusion

Our study concluded that high school students in the Makkah region in Saudi Arabia had high smartphone addiction. Moreover, higher smartphone addiction is significantly associated with poor sleep quality. This study can help with the development of measures to improve better sleep quality among high school students.

Categories: Medical Education, Preventive Medicine, Substance Use and Addiction