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