The SmartSleep Experiment: Evaluation of changes in night-time smartphone behavior following a mass media citizen science campaign

Autor: Tibor V. Varga, Agnete Skovlund Dissing, Naja Hulvej Rod, Thea Otte Andersen
Rok vydání: 2021
Předmět:
Male
Science and Technology Workforce
Physiology
Denmark
Applied psychology
Health Behavior
Social Sciences
Surveys
0302 clinical medicine
Sociology
Surveys and Questionnaires
050602 political science & public administration
Citizen science
Medicine and Health Sciences
Psychology
Public and Occupational Health
030212 general & internal medicine
Mass media
Multidisciplinary
05 social sciences
Behavior change
Middle Aged
0506 political science
Circadian Rhythm
Research Design
Sleep behavior
Medicine
Engineering and Technology
Female
HEALTH
Sleep (system call)
Smartphone
Behavioral and Social Aspects of Health
Equipment and Supplies Utilization
Research Article
Adult
medicine.medical_specialty
Adolescent
Science Policy
Science
Equipment
Health Promotion
Research and Analysis Methods
03 medical and health sciences
Young Adult
medicine
Humans
Mass Media
Aged
Communication Equipment
Motivation
Behavior
Survey Research
Citizen Science
business.industry
Public health
Cognitive Psychology
Biology and Life Sciences
SLEEP
Communications
Socioeconomic Factors
ComputerSystemsOrganization_MISCELLANEOUS
Sleep Deprivation
Cognitive Science
Cell Phones
business
Sleep
Physiological Processes
Follow-Up Studies
Neuroscience
Zdroj: PLoS ONE
PLoS ONE, Vol 16, Iss 7, p e0253783 (2021)
Andersen, T O, Dissing, A S, Varga, T V & Rod, N H 2021, ' The SmartSleep Experiment : Evaluation of changes in night-time smartphone behavior following a mass media citizen science campaign ', PLoS ONE, vol. 16, no. 7, 0253783 . https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0253783
ISSN: 1932-6203
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0253783
Popis: The increasing 24-hour smartphone use is of public health concern. This study aims to evaluate whether a massive public focus on sleep and smartphone use generated through a large-scale citizen science project, theSmartSleep Experiment, influence participants’ night-time smartphone behavior. A total of 8,894 Danish adults aged 16 and above participated in theSmartSleep Experiment, a web-based survey on smartphones and sleep behavior. The survey was carried out for one week in 2018, combined with an extensive national mass media campaign focusing on smartphone behaviors and sleep. A follow-up survey aimed at evaluating whether survey-participants had changed their night-time smartphone behavior was carried out two weeks after the campaign. A total of 15% of the participants who used their smartphone during sleep hours at baseline had changed their night-time smartphone behavior, and 83% of those indicated that they used their smartphone less at follow-up. The participants who had changed their smartphone behavior had primarily taken active precautions to avoid night-time smartphone use, e.g., activating silent mode (36%) or reduced their smartphone use before (50%) and during sleep hours (52%). The reduction in sleep problems (54%), recognition of poor smartphone behavior (48%), and the increased focus on night-time smartphone use (42%) were motivational factors for these behavior changes. Using citizen science and mass media appeared to be associated with changes in night-time smartphone behavior. Public health projects may benefit from combining citizen science with other interventional approaches.
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