Electronic Media use and Sleep Disorders among adolescents in Covid-19 Pandemic Situation

effects of electronic media use may affect the adolescents both positively and negatively. One of the negative impacts is the occurrence of sleep disturbances.Since the Covid 19 pandemic, there has been an increase in the use of electronic media in families due to restrictions on activities outside the home. Objective:This study aimed to investigate the relationship between electronic device use and sleep disturbances in adolescents of a Senior High School students in Palembang. Methods: This study is a cross-sectional conducted in January to February 2021 involving senior high school students aged 14 to 17 years as participants.The participants were given two questionnaires, a questionnaire to assess the electronic device use and a Sleep Disturbance Scale for Children (SDSC) questionnaire to assess sleep disturbances. Results: A final sample of 157 participants were obtained. The majority of the participants were aged ≥ 16 years old (56.7%). The majority of participants use smartphones (93%) with a median of media use of 10 hours a day. None of the participant’s characteristic variables showed statistically significant correlations (all p value were >0.05). Similarly, none of the electronic device use variables showed statistically significant correlations (all p value were >0.05