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Internet addiction and excessive daytime sleepiness in adolescents

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 August 2021

N. Semenova ,
S. Tereshchenko ,
L. Evert L ,
O. Zaytseva  and
M. Shubina
N. Semenova*
Affiliation:
Scientific Research Institute For Medical Problems Of The North, Federal Budgetary Scientific Institution «Federal Research Centre «Krasnoyarsk Scientific Centre of Siberian Division of Russian Academy of Sciences», Krasnoyarsk, Russian Federation
S. Tereshchenko
Affiliation:
Scientific Research Institute For Medical Problems Of The North, Federal Budgetary Scientific Institution «Federal Research Centre «Krasnoyarsk Scientific Centre of Siberian Division of Russian Academy of Sciences», Krasnoyarsk, Russian Federation
L. Evert L
Affiliation:
Scientific Research Institute For Medical Problems Of The North, Federal Budgetary Scientific Institution «Federal Research Centre «Krasnoyarsk Scientific Centre of Siberian Division of Russian Academy of Sciences», Krasnoyarsk, Russian Federation
O. Zaytseva
Affiliation:
Scientific Research Institute For Medical Problems Of The North, Federal Budgetary Scientific Institution «Federal Research Centre «Krasnoyarsk Scientific Centre of Siberian Division of Russian Academy of Sciences», Krasnoyarsk, Russian Federation
M. Shubina
Affiliation:
Scientific Research Institute For Medical Problems Of The North, Federal Budgetary Scientific Institution «Federal Research Centre «Krasnoyarsk Scientific Centre of Siberian Division of Russian Academy of Sciences», Krasnoyarsk, Russian Federation
*
*Corresponding author.

Abstract

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Introduction

Internet addiction (IA) is associated with personal peculiarities, psychosocial characteristics, and physiological factors. Excessive daytime sleepiness (EDS) is one of the most common sleep disorders in adolescents associated with social behavior patterns.

Objectives

To evaluate the association of IA with EDS in Siberian adolescents.

Methods

4637 urban Siberian (Krasnoyarsk, Abakan) school-based adolescents (aged 12-18; boys/girl ratio 2215/2422) were tested with Chen Internet Addiction Scale (CIAS). Internet users were categorized into three groups: adaptive Internet users (AIU) (scoring 27–42); maladaptive Internet users (MIU) (scoring 43–64); and pathological Internet users (PIU) (scoring ≥65). EDS was assessed by Pediatric Daytime Sleepiness Scale (PDSS); cutoffs for EDS were PDSS 95% percentiles for each age group: 12 y.o. – 20 points, 13 y.o. – 21 points, 14-16 y.o. – 22 points, 17-18 y.o. – 23 points. Quantitative data are shown as median (25-75% quartiles). Chi-square and Kruskal-Wallis tests were used.

Results

EDS prevalence increase with IA severity: AIU group (n=2402) – 1.4%, MIU group (n=1905) – 3%, and PIU group (n=330) – 12.4% (pAIU-MIU=0.001; pAIU-PIU<0.001; pMIU-PIU<0.001). Positive association was detected between IA severity and PDSS score: AIU group – 10 (6-13), MIU group – 14 (10-17), and PIU group – 17 (13-21), p(K-W)<0.001).

Conclusions

EDS is associated with IA in Siberian adolescents. The possible explanations of this relation may be: (1) the higher rate of night activity, (2) night sleep disturbances and (3) the presence of common pathogenic factors in IA and EDS, such as personality characteristics, depression, anxiety. The study was funded by RFBR project № 18-29-2203219.

Conflict of interest

The reported study was funded by RFBR according to the research project № 18-29-22032\19.

Keywords

InternetAddictionsleep disorders
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European Psychiatry , Volume 64 , Special Issue S1: Abstracts of the 29th European Congress of Psychiatry , April 2021 , pp. S579
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