Table 2.
Behavioral and clinical characteristics of study participants in Ethiopia, 2024.
| Variables | Category | Full sample |
Good sleep quality |
Poor sleep quality |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | % | N | % | N | % | ||
| Duration of smart phone used at bed | >2 | 237 | 67.52 | 88 | 77.19 | 149 | 62.87 |
| ≤2 | 114 | 32.48 | 26 | 22.81 | 88 | 37.13 | |
| Year of digital devise use | <5 | 102 | 29.06 | 34 | 29.82 | 68 | 28.69 |
| 5–10 | 171 | 48.72 | 58 | 50.88 | 113 | 47.68 | |
| >10 | 78 | 22.22 | 22 | 19.30 | 56 | 23.63 | |
| Duration of daily use | ≤2 | 124 | 35.33 | 33 | 28.95 | 91 | 38.40 |
| >2 | 227 | 64.67 | 81 | 71.05 | 146 | 61.60 | |
| Adjustment of screen display light at bedtime | No | 178 | 50.71 | 55 | 48.25 | 123 | 51.90 |
| Yes | 173 | 49.29 | 59 | 51.75 | 114 | 48.10 | |
| Position of phone during sleep | Near bed | 185 | 52.71 | 78 | 68.42 | 107 | 45.15 |
| At bed | 166 | 47.29 | 36 | 31.58 | 130 | 54.85 | |
| Purpose of use | Academic | 153 | 14.53 | 99 | 28.95 | 54 | 7.59 |
| Communication | 180 | 17.09 | 66 | 19.30 | 114 | 16.03 | |
| Watching video | 228 | 21.65 | 69 | 20.18 | 159 | 22.36 | |
| Social media | 338 | 41.60 | 43 | 27.19 | 295 | 48.52 | |
| Gaming | 144 | 5.13 | 15 | 4.39 | 39 | 5.49 | |
| Sleep duration in hours | ≥8 | 160 | 45.58 | 61 | 53.51 | 99 | 41.77 |
| <8 | 191 | 54.42 | 53 | 46.49 | 138 | 58.23 | |
| Practicing physical exercise | No | 237 | 67.52 | 57 | 50 | 180 | 75.95 |
| Yes | 114 | 32.48 | 57 | 50 | 57 | 24.05 | |
| Caffeinated drinking | No | 81 | 23.08 | 46 | 40.35 | 35 | 14.77 |
| Often | 124 | 35.33 | 45 | 39.47 | 79 | 33.33 | |
| Regular | 146 | 41.60 | 23 | 20.18 | 123 | 51.90 | |
| Current tobacco smoker | No | 316 | 90.03 | 108 | 94.74 | 208 | 87.76 |
| Yes | 35 | 9.97 | 6 | 5.26 | 29 | 12.24 | |
| Current alcohol drinker | No | 228 | 65 | 130 | 73.86 | 98 | 56 |
| Yes | 123 | 35 | 46 | 26.14 | 77 | 44 | |
| History of disease | No | 254 | 72.36 | 103 | 90.35 | 151 | 63.71 |
| Yes | 97 | 27.64 | 11 | 9.65 | 86 | 36.29 | |
| Depression, Stress, anxiety disorder | No | 250 | 71.23 | 102 | 89.47 | 148 | 62.45 |
| Yes | 101 | 28.77 | 12 | 10.53 | 89 | 37.55 | |
| BMI (kg/m2) | 18.5–24.5 | 268 | 76.35 | 93 | 81.58 | 175 | 73.84 |
| <18.5 | 47 | 13.39 | 18 | 15.79 | 29 | 12.24 | |
| 24.5–30 | 24 | 6.84 | 2 | 1.75 | 22 | 9.28 | |
| >30 | 12 | 3.42 | 1 | 0.88 | 11 | 4.64 | |