Daily touchscreen use in infants and toddlers is associated with reduced sleep and delayed sleep onset.
Daily touchscreen use in infants and toddlers is associated with reduced sleep and delayed sleep onset.
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DOI：
10.1038/srep46104
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发表时间：
2017-04-13
影响因子：
4.6
通讯作者：
Smith TJ
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作者：
Cheung CH;Bedford R;Saez De Urabain IR;Karmiloff-Smith A;Smith TJ
传统的屏幕时间（例如电视和视频游戏）与儿童的睡眠问题和发育不良有关。随着便携式触摸屏设备的出现，这种关联可能会随着年龄的增长而延伸，从而扰乱婴儿和幼儿的睡眠，而这个年龄段的睡眠对认知发展至关重要。然而，这种关联尚未得到实证证明。这项研究旨在检查触摸屏使用频率是否与6至36个月大的婴儿和幼儿的睡眠有关。对715名父母进行了一项在线调查，报告了儿童媒体使用情况（每天接触电视和使用触摸屏），睡眠模式（夜间和白天睡眠时间，睡眠开始-入睡时间和夜间醒来的频率）。控制年龄，性别，电视暴露和母亲教育的结构方程模型表明，触摸屏使用与夜间睡眠，白天睡眠和睡眠开始之间存在显着关联。没有观察到对夜间觉醒次数的显著影响。据我们所知，这是第一份将触摸屏的使用与婴幼儿的睡眠问题联系起来的报告。未来的纵向研究需要使用详细的睡眠跟踪来阐明这些关联的影响方向和机制。
Traditional screen time (e.g. TV and videogaming) has been linked to sleep problems and poorer developmental outcomes in children. With the advent of portable touchscreen devices, this association may be extending down in age to disrupt the sleep of infants and toddlers, an age when sleep is essential for cognitive development. However, this association has not been demonstrated empirically. This study aims to examine whether frequency of touchscreen use is associated with sleep in infants and toddlers between 6 and 36 months of age. An online survey was administered to 715 parents reporting on child media use (daily exposure to TV and use of touchscreens), sleep patterns (night-time and daytime sleep duration, sleep onset - time to fall asleep, and frequencies of night awakenings). Structural equation models controlling for age, sex, TV exposure and maternal education indicated a significant association between touchscreen use and night-time sleep, daytime sleep and sleep onset. No significant effect was observed for the number of night awakenings. To our knowledge, this is the first report linking the use of touchscreen with sleep problems in infants and toddlers. Future longitudinal studies are needed to clarify the direction of effects and the mechanisms underlying these associations using detailed sleep tracking.