The effects of gadget use on sleep quality among elementary students in grades 4-6 in a private school in Lucena City, Quezon Province

ABSTRACT

Objective@#The study aimed to determine whether prolonged gadget use will have an effect in the child's sleep quality. The study also aimed to ascertain if there is a significant relationship between the parameters of CSHQ and the average length of sleep, average length of gadget use, and frequency of gadget use.@*Design@#Descriptive research design was used, particularly the survey method. Simple random sampling was used.@*Setting@#Private school in Lucena City, Quezon Province.@*Participants@#Parents of Grades 4-6 students in a private schools in Lucena City. Sample size was computed at n=131.@*Results@#53.4% of the respondents were males, 29.8% of which are 11 year-old, grade 6 students (35.9%). The average length of sleep of most children was at 6-8 hours (57.3%), with an average length of gadget use at 5-10 hours daily (58%), 5-7x a week (61.8%). Weighted means computation showed that parents agreed to the positive statements of the CSHQ but key problems based on the CSHQ statements were identified upon further analysis. @*Conclusions@#With an a = 0.05, significant relationships were established between the parameters of the CSHQ and the average length of gadget use (p = 0.012615 < 0.05), as well as the frequency of gadget use (p = 0.000116 < 0.05). Generalization should be made with caution due to the small sample size and non-diversity of the samples. Recommendations are due to improved generalizability by increasing sample size and diversity of the samples.