Associations Among Screen Time, Sleep Duration and Depressive Symptoms Among Chinese Adolescents
Associations Among Screen Time, Sleep Duration and Depressive Symptoms Among Chinese Adolescents
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中国青少年屏幕时间、睡眠时间与抑郁症状之间的关联
DOI:
10.1016/j.jad.2021.01.082
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发表时间:
2021-02-14
影响因子:
6.6
通讯作者:
Lu, Ciyong
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作者:
Wang, Wanxin;Du, Xueying;Lu, Ciyong
Objectives: Relatively few studies have explored the inter-relationship between screen time (ST), sleep duration and depressive symptoms. The study herein sought to determine (1) the relationships between ST, sleep duration and depressive symptoms among Chinese adolescents; (2) whether sleep duration mediates the relationships between ST and depressive symptoms.Methods: 1st grade students (n=1,976) from ten high schools in Guangzhou, China were invited through cluster sampling between January and April 2019. Self-reported ST with electronic devices and Internet, sleep duration, and The Center for Epidemiology Scale for Depression (CES-D) score were collected. Generalized mixed linear models and mediation analyses were conducted.Results: There were 1,956 self-reported questionnaires received (response rate: 98.99%). Approximately 25% (471/1,929 for Internet use, 399/1,928 for electronic device) of the total sample reported ST >2 hours/day. Approximately 8.9% (169/1,894) reported a CES-D score >28. Longer ST with electronic devices (estimate=0.52, 95%CI: 0.24-0.80), Internet usage (estimate=0.82, 95%CI: 0.53-1.11) were positively associated with depressive symptoms, while less sleep (estimate=-1.85, 95%CI:-2.27--1.43) was negatively associated with depressive symptoms. There is significant indirect effect of electronic device usage on depressive symptoms through sleep duration (indirect effect=0.08, 95%CI: 0.01-0.15). Limitations: This study only included school students from Guangzhou. Causal relationship cannot be inferred by this cross-sectional design.Conclusions: ST and sleep duration were significantly associated with depressive symptoms severity. The indirect effect of sleep duration suggests a possible mechanism of the association between ST and depressive symptoms. Future interventions to manage depressive symptoms should target sleep time and decrease ST among adolescents.