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. 2022 Dec 31;10(1):86. doi: 10.3390/children10010086

Table 3.

Results related to sleep disorders.

Authors Results
Wolfe et al., 2014 [86] - There is a significant and negative correlation between gaming time and sleep duration (p < 0.001).
- Older teenagers spent less time video gaming (p < 0.05) and spent more time sleeping (p < 0.05).
Weinstein et al., 2015 [87] - ADHD group went to sleep later, most of them after midnight.
- Results showed a relationship between ADHD, sleep disorder, and Internet/video games addiction.
Cheung et al., 2017 [81] - A significant and positive association between digital screen use and sleep time during the day (p < 0.05) can be observed. Sleep onset (p < 0.001) was positively related to digital screen use. On the contrary, the relation between the digital screen and sleep time at night is negative (p < 0.001).
- There was not any significant correlation between digital screen use and the frequency of night awakenings
- An increase in digital screen use was associated with a decrease in the overall amount of sleep.
Chindamo et al., 2019 [77] - Frequency of video game playing had a significative impact on sleep onset latency (p < 0.005), increasing the time to get to sleep, but the differences in total sleep time were not significative although it was reduced.
- Daily tablet or mobile use reduced the total sleep time (p < 0.05) and increased the sleep onset latency (p < 0.05).
Salih et al., 2020 [84] - Video games predisposed players to sleep disorders (45%).
Nosetti et al., 2021 [78] - There was a negative correlation between the use of mobile phones (p= 0.03) or the Internet (p < 0.01) and pre-sleep habits and sleep time.
- Use of mobile phones (p = 0.003) or the Internet (p = 0.008), playing video games (p = 0.009), and listening to music (p = 0.001) as pre-sleep habits had a positive correlation to late bedtime.