Inte helt oväntat resultat av en ny studie:
Små barn som tillbringar mycket tid framför en teve eller ipad / surfplatta både sover sämre och har svårare att somna.
I studien har föräldrar till över 700 småbarn mellan sex månader till tre år uppgett hur mycket tid barnen sitter framför en skärm, och hur mycket de sover.
Forskarna kunde se ett starkt samband mellan hur länge barnen satt vid en pekskärm och hur mycket de sov, både på natten och på dagen. Ju mer skärmtid, desto mindre sömn.
Det är ju dock inte en kontrollerad studie.
Du kan läsa mer om sömn, ljuset från skärmar mm via taggen sömn
Sammanfattningen av studien lyder:
“Traditional screen time (e.g. TV and videogaming) has been linked to sleep problems and poorer developmental outcomes in children. With the advent of portable touchscreen devices, this association may be extending down in age to disrupt the sleep of infants and toddlers, an age when sleep is essential for cognitive development. However, this association has not been demonstrated empirically. This study aims to examine whether frequency of touchscreen use is associated with sleep in infants and toddlers between 6 and 36 months of age. An online survey was administered to 715 parents reporting on child media use (daily exposure to TV and use of touchscreens), sleep patterns (night-time and daytime sleep duration, sleep onset – time to fall asleep, and frequencies of night awakenings). Structural equation models controlling for age, sex, TV exposure and maternal education indicated a significant association between touchscreen use and night-time sleep, daytime sleep and sleep onset. No significant effect was observed for the number of night awakenings. To our knowledge, this is the first report linking the use of touchscreen with sleep problems in infants and toddlers. Future longitudinal studies are needed to clarify the direction of effects and the mechanisms underlying these associations using detailed sleep tracking.”
https://www.nature.com/articles/srep46104
http://sverigesradio.se/sida/gruppsida.aspx?programid=406&grupp=12718&artikel=6674051
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