Relationship between mental health, sleep status and screen time among university students during the COVID-19 pandemic: a cross-sectional study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

On 20 July 2021, after the outbreak of COVID-19 at Nanjing Lukou International Airport, several universities started closed management and online teaching. This had a large impact on students' daily life and study, which may lead to mental health problems. The purpose of this study is to study the effect of screen time on mental health status of university students and the possible mediating effect of sleep status.

Methods

This was a cross-sectional study. A web-based questionnaire survey was employed that included demographic characteristics, sleep status and mental health status (depression, anxiety and loneliness). The Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index scale was used to assess sleep status, while the Centre for Epidemiologic Studies Depression (CES-D) scale, Genera

SUBMITTER: Wang W 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10729102 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature