Research Article

Perception of Sleep Disturbances due to Bedtime Use of Blue Light-Emitting Devices and Its Impact on Habits and Sleep Quality among Young Medical Students

Table 2

The PSQI global score and by components (C1–C7) according to sleep disturbances perception as a consequence of bedtime use of blue light-emitting devices.

PSQIAll (N: 286)Sleep disturbances perception as a consequence of bedtime use of blue light-emitting devices
Yes (N: 188)No (N: 98)

PSQI global score >5101 (35.3%).76 (26.6%)25 (8.7%)0.005
PSQI mean score5.62 ± 2.916.45 ± 3.35.41 ± 3.110.005
Component 1: subjective sleep quality1.70 ± 0.981.89 ± 1.121.54 ± 0.620.01
Component 2: sleep latency0.76 ± 0.890.75 ± 0.800.76 ± 0.690.2
Component 3: sleep duration1.45 ± 0.841.67 ± 0.621.34 ± 0.790.01
Component 4: habitual sleep efficiency0.72 ± 0.930.74 ± 0.980.67 ± 0.920.2
Component 5: sleep disturbances0.94 ± 0.660.99 ± 0.640.91 ± 0.650.2
Component 6: use of sleeping medication0.18 ± 0.330.15 ± 0.300.12 ± 0.360.6
Component 7: daytime dysfunction0.66 ± 0.790.69 ± 0.850.68 ± 0.760.005
Sleep duration (hours)6.52 ± 1.316.3 ± 1.257.21 ± 1.230.04
Sleep efficiency (%)87.4 ± 13.387.7 ± 13.789.8 ± 12.60.1
Sleep latency (minutes)17.5 (9.5, 26.2)16.1 (11.6, 27.3)19.2 (8.9, 24.6)0.07

Quantitative values are expressed as means ± SD or median (interquartile lower, upper). Qualitative values are expressed as number (percentage of all students).