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. 2021 Dec 13;15:781351. doi: 10.3389/fnins.2021.781351

TABLE 3.

Sleep characteristics reported by the included studies.

Citation Self-reported
Sleep duration (h)
PSQI (total score) Other sleep parameters
Achab et al. (2011) All: 7.1 ± 1.3
DAS+: 6.8 ± 1.4
DAS−: 7.2 ± 1.3
nr Restful sleep (% No) Sleep deprivation due to gaming (% Yes) Daytime sleepiness (% Yes)
p = 0.043

OR 0.78, p = 0.004 b All: 19.1
DAS+: 53.5
DAS−: 46.5
p < 0.001
OR 0.23, p < 0.001 b
All: 36.8
DAS+: 40.9
DAS−: 59.1
p < 0.001
OR 2.83, p < 0.001 b
All: 22.7
DAS+: 48.0
DAS−: 52.0
p < 0.001
OR: 3.10, p < 0.001 b

Akçay and Akçay (2020) All: 7.5 ± 0.9
Stratified by gaming frequency:
All: 8.5 ± 2.7
Stratified by gaming frequency:
ESS Bedtime Wake-up time
Not playingc: 7.2 ± 0.9 Not playing c: 8.2 ± 2.3
<2 h/dayd: 7.6 ± 1.3
≥2 h/daye: 7.5 ± 0.9
p < 0.001
<2 h/dayd: 8.3 ± 2.7
≥2 h/daye: 10.5 ± 3.0
p < 0.001
All: 3.0 ± 3.9
Stratified by gaming frequency:
Not playingc: 4.0 ± 3.9
<2 h/dayd: 2.6 ± 3.7
≥2 h/daye: 4.9 ± 4.7
p < 0.001
All: 23.7 ± 1.8
Stratified by gaming frequency:
Not playingc: 24.0 ± 0.9
<2 h/dayd: 23.5 ± 1.9
≥2 h/daye: 24.9 ± 1.8
p < 0.001
All: 7.4 ± 1.0
Stratified by gaming frequency:
Not playingc: 7.3 ± 0.8
<2 h/dayd: 7.3 ± 0.9
≥2 h/daye: 8.5 ± 2.0
p < 0.001

Altintas et al. (2019) nr All: 6.24 ± 3.12
HSQ: 6.36 ± 2.99
Good sleepers Poor sleep
LSQ: 6.07 + 3.32
p = 0.51

All: 44.70
HSQ: nr
LSQ: nr
All: 55.30
HSQ: nr
LSQ: nr

Evren et al. (2019) nr nr ISI total score

Absent: < 14
Present: > 14

Exelmans and Van den Bulck (2015) nr 4.56 ± 2.66 a Bedtime (hh:mm) Wake-up time (hh:mm)

23:25 ± 1:05 a 07:30 ± 1:25 a

King and Delfabbro (2009) nr nr SHI total score
30.2 ± 7.1

Ko et al. (2020) nr nr Time to fall asleep
(<1am, 1–3am, >3am)
Wake-up time
(<9am, 9am–12pm, >12pm)
Sleep duration
(<4 h for > = 2 d/wk)

RG: 60.9%, 36.2%, 2.9
IGD: 17.4%, 52.2%, 30.4
p < 0.001
RG: 62.3%, 33.3%, 4.3
IGD: 30.4%, 37.7%, 31.9
p < 0.001
RG: 4.3
IGD: 58.0
p < 0.001

Mario et al. (2014) nr All: 6.0 (4.0 – 8.0)
Frequent: 6.0 (5.0 – 9.0)
Infrequent: 5.5 (4.0 – 7.0)
p = 0.08

Rudolf et al. (2020) 7.1 ± 1.3 nr Sleep quality [mode]
“Quite good” (n = 642, 60.2%)

Thomas et al. (2019) 8.1 ± 1.2 nr

Thomée et al. (2015) Males: 7.7 ± 1.1
Females: 7.9 ± 1.5
nr

Wong et al. (2020) nr 6.63 ± 2.14

Data are presented as mean ± standard deviation or median (interquartile range) unless otherwise indicated. BMI, body mass index; PSQI, Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index; ESS, Epworth Sleepiness Scale; SHI, Sleep Hygiene Index; ISI, Insomnia Severity Index; nr, data not reported. a – subset (34.4%) of the total population self-identified as gamers; b – adjusted for age, sex and educational level; c – n = 195; d – n = 640; e – n = 57.