Screen time and sleep quality in school-age children
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https://doi.org/10.48492/servir0208.34205Keywords:
Child, Digital Technology, Sleep, FamilyAbstract
Introduction: Technological advances in recent decades have significantly increased the use of electronic devices with screens for leisure activities at all ages, and excessive screen time is problematic for children's health, especially their quality of sleep.
Objective/s: To identify the scientific evidence on the relationship between screen time and sleep quality in school-age children. (6/12 years).
Methods: This is an integrative literature review, using the online bibliographic database PubMed, CINAHL Complete, with the Mesh descriptors: screen time, sleep quality and child. The PRISMA model flowchart was followed, respecting the inclusion criteria: scientific articles, available in full text, in Portuguese, English or Spanish, relating to primary, empirical studies, with a quantitative approach, published between 2017 and 2023.
Results: Screen time varied according to the size of the sample and the age of the children, but in all the studies, the average duration of screen time exceeded what is recommended for age. In each of the studies included, children who were exposed to greater use of digital devices showed changes in their sleep cycles, particularly in the REM (rapid eye movement sleep) phase and sleep latency.
Conclusion: The results of the studies show that the duration of screen time is related to a decrease in sleep quality, leading to more night-time awakenings, parasomnias, resistance to going to bed and later sleep onset.
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