The Relationship between Mobile Phone Anxiety and Sleep Quality Occupational Therapy in Adolescents and Its Internal Mechanism.
Jingwen Bi
PMID 36262377WHAT IT FOUND
Higher mobile phone anxiety was linked with poorer sleep quality in adolescents.
The paper is retracted, so this finding should not guide practice.
Key findings
01Among the adolescents surveyed, 29.2 percent were reported to have sleep disorders.
02Adolescents classified as having mobile phone anxiety had higher Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index total scores than those without mobile phone anxiety, and higher scores indicate poorer sleep quality.
03Greater mobile phone anxiety was linked with a higher incidence of sleep disorders.
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What it does not show
The paper is listed as a retracted publication. The study used convenience sampling, so the adolescents may not represent other adolescents. It measured phone anxiety and sleep at the same time, so it cannot show that phone anxiety caused sleep problems. It relied on self-report questionnaires. It did not test an occupational therapy intervention. The supplied text does not show a pre-registered primary outcome or a full report of the statistical models.
The easy way to misread this
Do not conclude that reducing mobile phone anxiety will improve sleep. This paper is retracted and cross-sectional, so it reports an association rather than proof of cause.