Relationship of sleep quality, smartphone dependence, and health-related behaviors in female junior college students.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Smartphone usage has become commonplace and impact on sleep quality among adolescents. Adolescent girls have a greater tendency toward sleep quality problems. However, relationship of sleep quality, smartphone dependence, and health-related behaviors in female junior college students has not been studied.

Objectives

This study had the two goals: to investigate the relationship between female college students' sleep quality, smartphone dependence, and health-related behaviors, and to identify predictors of sleep quality.

Methods

This study employed a cross-sectional research approach to gather 409 subjects at a junior college in southern Taiwan, and used a structured questionnaire to collect data. The questionnaire consisted of four parts: basic demographi

SUBMITTER: Wang PY 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6447181 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature