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## Abstract ## Purpose Intensive smartphone use may contribute to chronic neck and shoulder pain and sleep disturbance. This study aimed to examine the relationship of sleep quality with daytime smartphone use and self-reported neck-shoulder symptoms among university students in Hong Kong. ## Methods Nineteen university students participated (11 males, 9 females, mean age=21.7±3.9). The actigraphy device Actiwatch 2 (Philips Ltd) was used to record 7 nights of sleep data. Daytime smartphone use and neck and shoulder pain scores (on a Pain scale 0–10) were recorded. ## Results Total sleep time (TST) was significantly longer in females (410.2min) than males (359.6min) (p=0.012), as was the sleep efficiency (females: 87.8%, males: 79.8%, p=0.003). Their sleep onset latency was similar at around 18min. The mean weekly Screen time and pre-bed Screen time were 430.1min and 37.9min for females, and 427.2min and 26.7min for males respectively. All the participants reported mild neck-shoulder symptoms (mean pain scores=0.9±1.8 for neck, 1.5±2.4 for shoulder). Pearson correlation showed no statistically significant association between sleep parameters, neck/shoulder pain score, screen time d

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Author

G Szeto; C Chow; A Chu; B Ng; A Kwok

Publisher

Oxford University Press

Published

2021

Language

EN

Field

Medicine (Health Sciences)