A Study on Impact of Social Media Usage on Sleep Disturbances Among Medical College Students

Abstract

Background: Sleep and circadian functioning are vital to promoting good health. Sleep disturbance and insufficient sleep duration are associated with day time sleepiness and a range of poor health outcomes.The rapidly growing rate of SM use in recent years raises concern that SM use may adversely affect sleep quality.The objective of the study is to find the correlation between social media usage and sleep disturbance among medical college students. Methodology: The study was conducted among 350 medical college students using a questionnaire and Pittsburgh sleep quality index scale with the help of google forms. The data was downloaded as Excel and analysed using SPSS software. Results: About 56% were using social media for 3 to 5 years,followed by 6-10 years usage (22.3%) and less than 2 years (20.6%). About 81.4% were using social media for more than 60 minutes in a day and 18.6% were using social media for less than 60 minutes.About 71.1% had poor sleep quality index as per PSQI scale.It is found that those using social media longer duration in a day had poor sleep quality, which is statistically significant. Conclusion: This study indicated that the usage of social media at a greater extent will have an impact on one's sleep. One has to understand the impact of social media on young adult's life and the proper and needy usage of social media has to be made in practice.