title: TXT me I'm only sleeping: adolescents with mobile phones in their bedroom.
abstract: The purpose of this study was to determine if mobile phones interfere with adolescent sleep. We conducted a pilot test in a pediatric primary care practice of 454 patients, half female (51.2%), 12 to 20 years old (mean = 15) attending a well-child visit. Adolescents completed paper-and-pencil surveys in the waiting room. More than half took their mobile phone to bed (62.9%) and kept it turned on while sleeping (56.8%). Almost half used their phone as their alarm (45.7%). More than one-third texted after going to bed (36.7%). Two or more times per week, 7.9% were awakened by a text after going to sleep.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics (Drs Adachi-Mejia and Olson), Department of Community and Family Medicine (Drs Gilbert-Diamond and Olson), and Departments of Psychiatry and Neurology (Dr Greenough), Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Lebanon; The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice, Lebanon (Dr Adachi-Mejia); Concord Hospital, Concord (Dr Edwards); and Cancer Control Research Program (Dr Adachi-Mejia and Olson) and Cancer Epidemiology and Chemoprevention Research Program (Dr Gilbert-Diamond), Norris Cotton Cancer Center, Lebanon, New Hampshire.
authors.forename: Anna M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Adachi-Mejia
authors.forename: Patricia M
authors.initials: PM
authors.lastname: Edwards
authors.forename: Diane
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Gilbert-Diamond
authors.forename: Glen P
authors.initials: GP
authors.lastname: Greenough
authors.forename: Ardis L
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Olson
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000294:Adolescent Behavior; D040421:Cell Phone / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D002648:Child; D003625:Data Collection; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009513:New Hampshire; D009765:Obesity / Q000209:etiology; D010865:Pilot Projects; D012307:Risk Factors; D017678:Sex Distribution; D012892:Sleep Deprivation / Q000150:complications / Q000209:etiology*; D060145:Text Messaging / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D055815:Young Adult