Ιnvestigating the association between insomnia and addiction to social networking platforms (Master thesis)

Κουτσοκώστας, Άγγελος/ Koutsokostas, Angelos

Introduction-Purpose: Sleep is the cornerstone of physical, mental and psychological recovery. Its lack on a chronic basis, however, entails a deterioration in its quality accompanied by specific clinical signs. At the same time, the information society presupposes the universal participation of individuals on one or more social networking platforms. The aim of this paper is to investigate the correlation between these two disease patterns Methods: Respondents were given two paper questionnaires for self-completion of Likert-type questionnaires, each one concerning the section under study. Regarding insomnia, the ISI (Insomnia Severity Index) scale was used while for social media addiction, the modified Instagram (Social Media) Addiction Scale was used. In addition to these, the respondents filled in their demographic data (gender, age). Results: The median age of the sample was 19.19 years. The median did not show social media addiction but subthreshold insomnia. More specifically, mild to moderate addiction was experienced by 30% and clinical insomnia (moderate or severe) by 21.85%. Of the latter percentage, 47.46% showed mild or moderate addiction. Also observed was a percentage of 10.37% of the total showing both disease patterns. Statistically significant but moderate correlation was found between them. Conclusion: Based on our findings, the association between chronic insomnia and social media addiction exists, however, we should encourage future studies that will show in detail predisposing factors, pathophysiology, prevalence and treatment.
Institution and School/Department of submitter: Δημοκρίτειο Πανεπιστήμιο Θράκης. Σχολή Επιστημών Υγείας. Τμήμα Ιατρικής
Subject classification: Insomnia
Keywords: Insomnia,Internet,Social media,Αϋπνία,Διαδίκτυο,Μέσα κοινωνικής δικτύωσης
URI: https://repo.lib.duth.gr/jspui/handle/123456789/18091
http://dx.doi.org/10.26257/heal.duth.16824
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