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ArticleHealthcare (Basel, Switzerland)2022

Exploring Addictive Online Behaviors in Patients with Narcolepsy Type 1.

Giorgia Varallo, Alessandro Musetti, Anita D'Anselmo, Alessio Gori, Emanuele Maria Giusti, Fabio Pizza, Gianluca Castelnuovo, Giuseppe Plazzi, Christian Franceschini

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Article in Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland), 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

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3 citing papers in PubMed, 4 citations in OpenAlex.

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  2. What is it like to live with narcolepsy? A scoping review.Sleep & breathing = Schlaf & Atmung · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 6 institutions in 1 country.

Giorgia VaralloDepartment of Medicine and Surgery, University of Parma, 43125 Parma, Italy.
Alessandro MusettiDepartment of Humanities, Social Sciences and Cultural Industries, University of Parma, 43125 Parma, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-4125-0068
Anita D'AnselmoDepartment of Biomedical and Neuromotor Sciences (DIBINEM), University of Bologna, 40123 Bologna, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-3940-2616
Alessio GoriDepartment of Health Sciences, University of Florence, Via di San Salvi 12, Pad. 26, 50135 Florence, Italy.
Emanuele Maria GiustiPsychology Research Laboratory, IRCCS Istituto Auxologico Italiano, Ospedale San Luca, 20149 Milan, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-5767-8785
Fabio PizzaDepartment of Biomedical and Neuromotor Sciences (DIBINEM), University of Bologna, 40123 Bologna, Italy.
Gianluca CastelnuovoDepartment of Psychology, Catholic University of Milan, 20123 Milan, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-2633-9822
Giuseppe PlazziIRCCS Istituto delle Scienze Neurologiche di Bologna (ISNB), 40139 Bologna, Italy.
Christian FranceschiniDepartment of Medicine and Surgery, University of Parma, 43125 Parma, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-9307-5209
University of Parma · ITUniversity of Milan · ITIstituto delle Scienze Neurologiche di Bologna · ITUniversity of Bologna · ITUniversity of Florence · ITUniversity of Modena and Reggio Emilia · IT

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundNarcolepsy type 1 (NT1) is a rare neurological sleep disorder caused by the loss of neurons that produce hypocretin-a peptide that plays a crucial role in addictive behaviors. We aimed to compare, for the first time, levels of problematic online gaming, problematic social media use, and compulsive Internet use between NT1 patients and healthy controls (HC), and to evaluate the association between anxiety, depression, and emotion dysregulation with addictive online behaviors in NT1 patients.

methodsA total of 43 patients with NT1 and 86 sex- and age-matched HC participated in an online cross-sectional survey.

resultsNT1 patients did not differ from HC in terms of problematic social media use and compulsive Internet use but displayed higher levels of problematic online gaming compared to HC. Higher levels of emotion dysregulation were significantly associated with higher levels of problematic social media use and compulsive Internet use, while none of the tested factors were associated with problematic online gaming.

conclusionNT1 patients and HC had similar levels of problematic social media use and compulsive Internet use, but NT1 patients showed higher levels of problematic online gaming. Emotion dysregulation might be an intervention target for reducing compulsive Internet use and problematic social media use.

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addictive behaviorsclinical psychologycompulsive Internet usenarcolepsy type 1problematic online gamingproblematic social media usesleep

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PMID36360510
PMCPMC9690789
OpenAlexW4307945153

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