Waqas Sami
Department of Community Medicine & Public Health, College of Medicine, Majmaah University, AL-Majmaah 11952, Saudi ArabiaPublications
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Research
The Effect of Smartphone Usage at Bedtime and its Relationship with Insomnia and Academic Performance among Majmaah University Students
Author(s): Musaed Rayzah*, Waqas Sami, Ghazi Ali Almutairi, Yazeed Abdulaziz Almulhim, Nawaf Muqren Almuqren, Hamad Abdulaziz Aldafas, Abdullah Ghazi Aljameeli and Fahad Muthyib Albaqami
Introduction: Smartphone surely has become an indispensable technical companion for the humans, nowadays most of the routine activities are highly dependent upon using the smartphones, especially the educational activities. Smartphone owns most of our time due to fast and ease of access that it offers. Unfortunately, uncontrolled use of these devises may reflect passively on human and student’s health. Objective: The purpose of this study was to find out whether smartphone usage at bedtime effects the sleep quality and academic performance of Majmaah university students. Methodology: This analytical cross-sectional study was conducted among the students of Majmaah University, Saudi Arabia studying in the various colleges from February – April 2020. The data was collected by a self-prepared questionnaire from 373 participants using consecutive sampling method. Results: We f.. Read More»