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Associations of smartphone addiction, chronotype, sleep quality, and risk of eating disorders among university students: A cross-sectional study from Sharjah/United Arab Emirates
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Hasan, Hayder, Shihab, Katia Abu, Mohammad, Zohreh, Jahan, Hafsa, Coussa, Ayla and Faris, MoezAlIslam Ezzat (2023) Associations of smartphone addiction, chronotype, sleep quality, and risk of eating disorders among university students: A cross-sectional study from Sharjah/United Arab Emirates. Heliyon, 9 (1). e12882. doi:10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e12882 ISSN 24058440.
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Official URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e12882
Abstract
Objectives
As smartphone addiction (SA) becomes more prevalent among young adults, there is growing concern over its impact on dietary and lifestyle habits, such as disturbed sleep and eating patterns. However, limited literature exists particularly on the association between SA and eating disorders (ED). Thus, this study aims to study the prevalence of SA risk, poor sleeping quality, evening chronotype, and ED risk among university students in the UAE. It also aims to assess the associations between them, emphasizing the one between ED and SA risks.
Methods
In this cross-sectional study, a self-administered online questionnaire was disseminated via convenience sampling. Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index, Morningness-Eveningness Questionnaire, Eating Attitude Test-26 items, and Smartphone Addiction Scale-Short Version were used to measure sleep quality, chronotype, ED risk, and SA risk, respectively. Descriptive and analytical statistics were applied, and P < 0.05 was considered for statistical significance.
Results
Out of 552 students (mean age: 21.2 ± 5.1 years), 71% had poor sleep quality, 33.9% reported evening chronotype, 37.9% had ED risk, and 56.2% had SA risk. SA risk was significantly associated with both poor sleep quality (OR = 2.93; 95% CI: 2.01–4.29; p < 0.001) and evening chronotype (p = 0.005). ED risk was significantly associated with poor sleep quality (p < 0.001). Poor sleep quality predicted ED risk best.
Conclusion
High prevalence of SA, ED risk, and poor sleep quality was reported among university students in the UAE. Associations between poor sleep quality, evening chronotype, SA risk, and ED risk were further confirmed, with sleep quality predicting ED risk.
Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||||
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Subjects: | R Medicine > RC Internal medicine | ||||||||
Divisions: | Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Medicine > Warwick Medical School | ||||||||
SWORD Depositor: | Library Publications Router | ||||||||
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Internet addiction, Smartphones -- Social aspects, Smartphones -- Psychological aspects, Digital media -- Social aspects, Digital media -- Psychological aspects, Compulsive behavior, Eating disorders, Sleep disorders , Circadian rhythms -- Health aspects -- Research | ||||||||
Journal or Publication Title: | Heliyon | ||||||||
Publisher: | Elsevier | ||||||||
ISSN: | 24058440 | ||||||||
Official Date: | 14 January 2023 | ||||||||
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Volume: | 9 | ||||||||
Number: | 1 | ||||||||
Article Number: | e12882 | ||||||||
DOI: | 10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e12882 | ||||||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||||
Publication Status: | Published | ||||||||
Access rights to Published version: | Open Access (Creative Commons) | ||||||||
Date of first compliant deposit: | 3 March 2023 | ||||||||
Date of first compliant Open Access: | 3 March 2023 | ||||||||
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