Screen usage in bed raises insomnia risks worse than you know

We are slowly used to stare on screens in our bed, although we are well aware of physical and mental damage. A study published earlier this month detailed a 33 % higher proliferation of the poor sleep quality for people who use electronic devices at bedtime.

Now, another research is noted that by width of a screen in bed, the risk of insomnia increases by amazing 59 % in youth and adolescents. Moreover, it also eats at the time of our sleep for 24 minutes. While this worries itself, every hour of every hour in the screen activity raises the risk of insomnia further.

“The results showed that increasing the screen time in the bed is linked to a higher possibility to report the symptoms of insomnia and a shorter sleep duration, as every additional hour of screen time was linked to an increase of 63 % at the risk of insomnia and 24 minutes less sleep,” says the research paper in the psychological front magazine.

The research focused on more than 45,000 students in Norway, and studied how the use of the screen in bed affected their sleep activities. Regardless of sleep and waking times, the participants also shared details about the duration that usually took to sleep, sleep difficulties, sleepy during the day, and their sleep issues.

All of these details were used to create an insomnia profile. Insomnia is medically defined as “difficulty sleeping, staying asleep, or waking up regularly.” According to the American Academy of Sleep Medicine, 12 % of the US population suffers from chronic insomnia, while nearly a third of the population shows short symptoms.

Social media is not the only perpetrator

Social media often gets to keep us addicted to the screens, and serve us in an endless hail of the seized content, and it is worth it. The result is an episode of perishing acting, which often eating hours without realizing the lost time. Then there is the validity of the social media content itself, especially its disturbing effect on children.

According to experts, there is no direct relationship between social media and how it affects our sleep. According to the data evaluated by experts, social media is not worse than any other screen -based activity, which can be games, broadcasting, web browsing or any other digital entertainment, for this issue.

“Regardless of the screen time, those who use social media only have the lowest percentage to report the symptoms of insomnia and the longest sleep period, while those who participated only in other screen activities have the worst sleep,” the search paper says.

However, it is in reality that social media applications are also responsible for the largest number of alerts on smartphones. Although they may not pull you directly to spending a few hours watching an endless stroke of content, notifications definitely disturb your sleep or act as a mental distraction.