Analysis of sleep quality and screen time in obese adolescents

• Autor(a) principal: Ruthes, Elena Marie Peixoto
• Data de Publicação: 2020
• Outros Autores: Lima, Alice Lerias de, Malinowski, Anna Karolyna Czaplinska, Veiga, Matheus Soares da, Corazza, Patricia Ribeiro Paes, Tadiotto, Maiara Cristina, Leite, Neiva, Matos, Oslei de
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Revista Brasileira de Qualidade de Vida
• Texto Completo: https://periodicos.utfpr.edu.br/rbqv/article/view/11052
• topic: 4.00.00.00-1 Ciências da Saúde, 4.09.00.00-2 Educação Física,; Sono; Obesidade; Adolescentes; Tempo de tela.; Sleep; Obesity; Teenagers; Screen time.

OBJECTIVE: Correlate the variables sleep latency, sleep duration and habitual sleep efficiency of the Pittsburgh Questionnaire (PSQI) and the duration of the screen time with the quality of sleep.METHODS: Twenty-four adolescents between 10 and 17 years old participated in this study, classified as obese by their body mass index (BMI). Sleep data were collected using the PSQI; and, the data on screen time, from a questionnaire developed by research group at laboratory in biomedical engineering and health (PEBS). For data analysis, descriptive statistics, Spearman correlation test, simple linear regression analysis.RESULTS: The average age of the individuals evaluated was 12.7±3.47 years, with an average BMI of 27.93 kg/m²±5.95. It was observed that the main component of PSQI that affects sleep quality is daytime dysfunction (20.9%). Regarding the screen time questionnaire and the quality of sleep, it was found that the use of cell phones after bedtime interferes by 20% in the hours slept.CONCLUSIONS: Daytime dysfunction, duration, latency, as well as habitual sleep efficiency are the components that most influence sleep quality; we also found that cell phone use affects about 20% of teenagers' sleep hours.