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      Influence of WeChat on sleep quality among undergraduates in Chongqing, China: a cross-sectional study

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          Abstract

          Background

          Previous studies showed that social media is associated with sleep quality. WeChat (a native social media in China) is very popular in China, especially among the youth. In the second quarter of 2016, Tencent’s WeChat had 806 million monthly active users. The study sought to identify the influence of WeChat on the sleep quality among undergraduate students.

          Methods

          A cross-sectional survey adopted a multi-stage stratified sampling survey to investigate undergraduates in Chongqing, China. Data were collected on 1979 eligible adults, aged 20.27 (SD: 1.26) years old, using Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI) to measure sleep quality.

          Results

          Respondents aged 20.27 ± 1.26 years included 535 (27.0%) males, and 1311 (66.3%) reported as having poor sleep quality. Of the 1979 participants, 1320 (66.70%) were WeChat users. In multivariable analyses, gender, grade, nationality, living costs, the student leader, the only child, type of university, WeChat usage was associated with domains of PSQI among undergraduates ( p < 0.05 for all). Compared with non-users, WeChat users had a lower score of subjective quality of sleep, sleep latency, use of sleeping medication, daytime dysfunction, and global PSQI score ( p < 0.05 for all).

          Conclusions

          WeChat users may have better sleep quality than non-WeChat users among undergraduates. To determine causal relationships, further longitudinal studies will be required to test for the association between WeChat users and sleep quality. This study may also provide some implications for health promotion on sleep quality of undergraduate students.

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          Relationship of Smartphone Use Severity with Sleep Quality, Depression, and Anxiety in University Students

          Background and Aims The usage of smartphones has increased rapidly in recent years, and this has brought about addiction. The aim of the current study was to investigate the relationship between smartphone use severity and sleep quality, depression, and anxiety in university students. Methods In total, 319 university students (203 females and 116 males; mean age = 20.5 ± 2.45) were included in the study. Participants were divided into the following three groups: a smartphone non-user group (n = 71, 22.3%), a low smartphone use group (n = 121, 37.9%), and a high smartphone use group (n = 127, 39.8%). All participants were evaluated using the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index, Beck Depression Inventory, Beck Anxiety Inventory; moreover, participants other than those in the smartphone non-user group were also assessed with the Smartphone Addiction Scale. Results The findings revealed that the Smartphone Addiction Scale scores of females were significantly higher than those of males. Depression, anxiety, and daytime dysfunction scores were higher in the high smartphone use group than in the low smartphone use group. Positive correlations were found between the Smartphone Addiction Scale scores and depression levels, anxiety levels, and some sleep quality scores. Conclusion The results indicate that depression, anxiety, and sleep quality may be associated with smartphone overuse. Such overuse may lead to depression and/or anxiety, which can in turn result in sleep problems. University students with high depression and anxiety scores should be carefully monitored for smartphone addiction.
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            Short and long sleep duration associated with race/ethnicity, sociodemographics, and socioeconomic position.

            Short and/or long sleep duration are associated with cardiometabolic disease risk and may be differentially experienced among minorities and the socioeconomically disadvantaged. The present study examined nationally representative data along multiple dimensions of race/ ethnicity and socioeconomic status.
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              The prevalence of sleep disorders in college students: impact on academic performance.

              To examine the prevalence of risk for sleep disorders among college students by gender and age, and their associations with grade point average (GPA). Participants were 1,845 college students at a large, southeastern public university. A validated sleep disorder questionnaire surveyed sleep data during the 2007-2008 academic year. Students' GPAs were obtained from the office of the registrar. Twenty-seven percent of students were at risk for at least one sleep disorder. African American and Asian students reported less risk for insomnia and fewer poor sleep practices relative to white and Latino students. Students reported insufficient sleep and a discrepancy between weekday and weekend amount of sleep. Students at risk for sleep disorders were overrepresented among students in academic jeopardy (GPA < 2.0). Many college students are at risk for sleep disorders, and those at risk may also be at risk for academic failure.
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                Contributors
                xianglong1989@126.com
                lin1400040499@outlook.com
                13628480662@163.com
                ZRZ705@outlook.com
                manoj.sharma@jsums.edu
                13883460842 , zhaoyongzb@qq.com , zhaoyong@cqmu.edu.cn
                Journal
                Springerplus
                Springerplus
                SpringerPlus
                Springer International Publishing (Cham )
                2193-1801
                1 December 2016
                1 December 2016
                2016
                : 5
                : 1
                : 2066
                Affiliations
                [1 ]School of Public Health and Management, Chongqing Medical University, No. 1 Yixueyuan Road, Yuzhong District, Chongqing, 400016 China
                [2 ]Research Center for Medicine and Social Development, Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, 400016 China
                [3 ]Collaborative Innovation Center of Social Risks Governance in Health, Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, 400016 China
                [4 ]School of the Second Clinical, Chongqing Medical University, No. 1 Yixueyuan Road, Yuzhong District, Chongqing, 400016 China
                [5 ]Department of Behavioral and Environmental Health, Jackson State University, Jackson, MS 39213 USA
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                3730
                10.1186/s40064-016-3730-z
                5133219
                27995043
                780f903d-7e9c-4d28-946e-c1013525382b
                © The Author(s) 2016

                Open AccessThis article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License ( http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made.

                History
                : 2 March 2016
                : 23 November 2016
                Funding
                Funded by: Chongqing Social-scientific Plan Project
                Award ID: 2013PYSH04
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