Daytime Sleepiness in University Students and Internet Addiction as the Determinant

Autor: Selda Arslan, Deniz Kocoglu-Tanyer, Gökçe Demir
Přispěvatelé: Sağlık Yüksekokulu, Gökçe Demir / 0000-0003-3674-9980
Rok vydání: 2020
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Zdroj: Journal of addictions nursing. 31(3)
ISSN: 1548-7148
Popis: Purpose The aim of the study is to determine daytime sleepiness in university students and its relationship with internet addiction as the determinant. Method A descriptive cross-sectional design was used. Study population consisted of 1,150 first- and fourth-year students studying in some faculties at a university located in the Central Anatolia Region of Turkey. Findings In this study, it was determined that the students obtained a mean score of 5.9 ± 2.1 points from the daytime sleepiness scale and the rate of those with daytime sleepiness problem was 17.9%. Furthermore, 52.3% of the students had a sleep duration of 7-8 hours. An increase in internet addiction mean score increases the risk of daytime sleepiness approximately one time. Conclusions Increase of internet addiction score increases the risk of daytime sleepiness approximately one time.
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