CORRELATION BETWEEN THE INTENSITY OF SMARTPHONE USING AND SLEEP QUALITY IN ADOLESCENTS AT JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL OF 1 SUSUKAN LEBAK CIREBON DISTRICT

Indonesians people spend an average of 6.05 hours a day playing using smartphones.
Data on smartphone use as many as 87% (n = 30) of students at junior high school of 1
Susukan Lebak, Cirebon Regency who use smartphones during sleeping hours for 3-8
hours / day. The purpose of the study was to determine the relationship between the
intensity of smartphone use and sleep quality in adolescents at junior high school of 1
Susukan Lebak, Cirebon Regency.
This type of research uses correlation with crossectional design. The population is class
VII and VIII students who have their own smartphones as many as 490 people. The
sample amounted to 87 respondents with stratified random sampling technique. The
instrument used a smartphone usage intensity questionnaire and an Adolescent SleepWake Scale questionnaire. The analysis test used spearman rank.
The results showed that the intensity of smartphone use in the moderate category was
51.7% of respondents and poor sleep quality was 51.7% of respondents. Spearman rank
test results obtained a significant, strong and negative relationship between the intensity
of smartphone use and sleep quality (p value = 0.000; r = -0.657; α 0.05).
The higher the intensity of smartphone use, the worse the quality of sleep. Community
nurses can provide education to parents and adolescents about health, including the
importance of sleep quality and how to manage smartphone use.
Keyword : Smartphone Use Intensity, Sleep Quality, Adolescents
Referencies : 48 (2018 – 2023)