The SmartSleep Experiment: Evaluation of changes in night-time smartphone behavior following a mass media citizen science campaign.

ABSTRACT: The increasing 24-hour smartphone use is of public health concern. This study aims to evaluate whether a massive public focus on sleep and smartphone use generated through a large-scale citizen science project, the SmartSleep Experiment, influence participants' night-time smartphone behavior. A total of 8,894 Danish adults aged 16 and above participated in the SmartSleep Experiment, a web-based survey on smartphones and sleep behavior. The survey was carried out for one week in 2018, combined with an extensive national mass media campaign focusing on smartphone behaviors and sleep. A follow-up survey aimed at evaluating whether survey-participants had changed their night-time smartphone behavior was carried out two weeks after the campaign. A total of 15% of the participants who used their

SUBMITTER: Andersen TO 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8294485 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature