The Association of Smartphone Usage with Sleep Disturbances among Medical Students
Background Smartphones have become an important and vital instrument that all medical students utilize, but the usage of such devices has been found to be connected to sleep disturbances. The aim of this study was to estimate the prevalence and the relationship between smartphone addictio...
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| author | Mohammed Alhafi Rashed Matrood Mohammad Alamoudi Yazzed Alshaalan Mohammed Alassafi Aamir Omair AbeerAl Harthi Laila Layqah Mutaz Althobaiti Jinan Shamou Salim Alawi Baharoon |
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Background Smartphones have become an important and vital instrument that all medical students utilize, but the usage of such devices has been found to be connected to sleep disturbances. The aim of this study was to estimate the prevalence and the relationship between smartphone addiction and poor sleep quality among medical students. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-7402a018fc9348fcb6ac3fcb2ff1b8f92024-11-29T00:49:37ZengThieme Medical and Scientific Publishers Pvt. Ltd.Avicenna Journal of Medicine2231-07702249-44642024-07-01140315215710.1055/s-0044-1788772The Association of Smartphone Usage with Sleep Disturbances among Medical StudentsMohammed Alhafi0Rashed Matrood1Mohammad Alamoudi2Yazzed Alshaalan3Mohammed Alassafi4Aamir Omair5AbeerAl Harthi6Laila Layqah7Mutaz Althobaiti8Jinan Shamou9Salim Alawi Baharoon10https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0634-7622College of Medicine, King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, Riyadh, Saudi ArabiaCollege of Medicine, King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, Riyadh, Saudi ArabiaCollege of Medicine, King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, Riyadh, Saudi ArabiaCollege of Medicine, King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, Riyadh, Saudi ArabiaCollege of Medicine, King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, Riyadh, Saudi ArabiaCollege of Medicine, King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, Riyadh, Saudi ArabiaKing Abdullah International Medical Research Center, Riyadh, Saudi ArabiaKing Abdullah International Medical Research Center, Riyadh, Saudi ArabiaKing Abdullah International Medical Research Center, Riyadh, Saudi ArabiaKing Abdullah International Medical Research Center, Riyadh, Saudi ArabiaKing Abdullah International Medical Research Center, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia Background Smartphones have become an important and vital instrument that all medical students utilize, but the usage of such devices has been found to be connected to sleep disturbances. The aim of this study was to estimate the prevalence and the relationship between smartphone addiction and poor sleep quality among medical students.http://www.thieme-connect.de/DOI/DOI?10.1055/s-0044-1788772medical studentssleepsmartphonesPittsburgh Sleep Quality Indexsmartphone addiction scale short version |
| spellingShingle | Mohammed Alhafi Rashed Matrood Mohammad Alamoudi Yazzed Alshaalan Mohammed Alassafi Aamir Omair AbeerAl Harthi Laila Layqah Mutaz Althobaiti Jinan Shamou Salim Alawi Baharoon The Association of Smartphone Usage with Sleep Disturbances among Medical Students Avicenna Journal of Medicine medical students sleep smartphones Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index smartphone addiction scale short version |
| title | The Association of Smartphone Usage with Sleep Disturbances among Medical Students |
| title_full | The Association of Smartphone Usage with Sleep Disturbances among Medical Students |
| title_fullStr | The Association of Smartphone Usage with Sleep Disturbances among Medical Students |
| title_full_unstemmed | The Association of Smartphone Usage with Sleep Disturbances among Medical Students |
| title_short | The Association of Smartphone Usage with Sleep Disturbances among Medical Students |
| title_sort | association of smartphone usage with sleep disturbances among medical students |
| topic | medical students sleep smartphones Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index smartphone addiction scale short version |
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