scholarly journals Electronic Media Use and Sleep Disorders among Adolescents during the COVID-19 Pandemic

2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 ◽  
pp. 1-5
Author(s):  
Fandi Argiansya ◽  
Rismarini Soedjadhi ◽  
Raden Muhammad Indra ◽  
Yudianita Kesuma
Keyword(s):  
High School Students ◽  
Sleep Disturbances ◽  
Media Use ◽  
Electronic Media ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Sectional Study ◽  
School Students ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Negative Impacts ◽  
Electronic Media Use

Background. One of the negative impacts of electronic media use is the occurrence of sleep disturbances. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the use of electronic media in families, including in adolescents, has been increasing. Objective. This study was aimed at describing the association between electronic media use and sleep disturbances in adolescents in Palembang. Methods. A cross-sectional study was conducted in January to February 2021. Participants were 14–17-year-old high school students who completed a questionnaire to assess electronic media use and a Sleep Disturbance Scale for Children (SDSC) questionnaire to assess sleep disturbances. Results. One hundred and fifty-seven participants enrolled in this study. The majority of the participants were 16 years old or older (56.7%) and used smartphones (93%) with a median of media use of 10 hours a day. None of the participants’ characteristic variables showed statistically significant correlations. Similarly, none of the electronic media use variables showed statistically significant correlations. Conclusion. Most of adolescents in this study have used electronic media for more than 6 years, with median use of 10 hours per day, for noneducative purposes. Despite findings that most of them experience sleep disturbances, there was no statistically significant association between electronic media use and sleep disturbances in adolescents.

scholarly journals Multi-Theory Model and Predictors of Likelihood of Accepting the Series of HPV Vaccination: A Cross-Sectional Study among Ghanaian Adolescents

2020 ◽  
Vol 17 (2) ◽  
pp. 571 ◽  
Author(s):  
Matthew Asare ◽  
Peter Agyei-Baffour ◽  
Beth A. Lanning ◽  
Alex Barimah Owusu ◽  
Mary E. Commeh ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
High School Students ◽  
Hpv Vaccination ◽  
Educational Interventions ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Theory Model ◽  
Sectional Study ◽  
Theoretical Frameworks ◽  
School Students ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Vaccination Uptake

HPV vaccines are efficacious in preventing HPV related cancers. However, the vaccination uptake in Ghana is very low. Studies that utilize theoretical frameworks to identify contributory factors to HPV vaccination uptake in Ghana are understudied. We used multi-theory model (MTM) constructs to predict initiation and completion of HPV vaccination series in Ghanaian adolescents. Adolescents (n = 285) between the ages of 12 and 17 years old were recruited from four selected schools in Ghana to participate in the cross-sectional study. Linear regressions were used to analyze the data. Most participants were female (91.2%) and senior high school students (60.0%). Many of the participants had neither heard about HPV (92.3%) nor HPV vaccinations (95.4%). Significant predictors of adolescents’ likelihood of getting the first dose of HPV vaccination were perceived beliefs and change in a physical environment (p < 0.001), with each variable accounting for 6.1%and 8.8% of the variance respectively. Significant predictors of adolescents’ likelihood of completing HPV vaccination recommended series were perceived beliefs, practice for change, and emotional transformation (p < 0.001), with each variable accounting for 7.8%, 8.1%, and 1.1% of the variance respectively. Findings underscore important opportunities for developing educational interventions for adolescents in Ghana to increase the HPV vaccination uptake.

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