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Abstract
School age children are growing up in an era saturated with screenbased
media devices, which affected children‘s overall health. Sleep is crucial for
school age children‘s healthy development. Excessive screen-based media devices use
can disrupt children‘s sleep habits and pattern. Aim: The study aimed to assess the
relationship between excessive screen-based media use and sleep pattern of school age
children. Design: A correlational descriptive research design was used in the study.
Setting: The present study was carried out in six elementary schools in Ismailia City.
Sample: A cluster sample (340) of school age children at the previously mentioned
settings Tools of data collection: The data were collected using two tools namely
Children‘s Sleep Habits Questionnaire (CSHQ) and Screens questionnaire. Results:
The most frequently screen-based media device used by school age children was TV.
Two thirds of the studied children used screen-based media devices excessively and
most of them had sleep disorders. There was a statistically significant relationship
between excessive screen-based media devices use and children‘s sleep pattern (P<
.110). Almost 7 % of the variation of sleep pattern explained by screen media devices
use. Conclusion: Excessive screen-based media devices use negatively affect
children‘s sleep pattern. Recommendations: An urgent intervention to increase
awareness of parents is needed to limit their children‘s screen-based media use and so
mitigate its negative effect on their sleep pattern.