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Community Health and Preventive Medicine

Minnesota State University, Mankato

2020

Electronic screens

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Screens, School District Employees, And Sleep: Is There A Relationship?, Mary Kay L. Bruihler Jan 2020

Screens, School District Employees, And Sleep: Is There A Relationship?, Mary Kay L. Bruihler

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Statement of the Problem

Working in a school can be stressful and about half of educators in a national survey reported less than the recommended minimum of seven hours of sleep. Smartphones and other screened devices can cause sleep loss and are becoming more prevalent. Is there a relationship between the use of screened devices and sleep among the employees of a school district?

Procedures

Employees (n=36) of a small southern Minnesota school district were given an online survey regarding their sleep habits utilizing the Pittsburg Sleep Quality Index (PSQI), their screen time use, utilizing the Screen Time Questionnaire (STQ), …