ReviewSleep health2024
The impact of screen use on sleep health across the lifespan: A National Sleep Foundation consensus statement.
Review in Sleep health, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 44 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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44 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Longitudinal Studies Exploring the Link Between Physical Inactivity and Indicators of Childhood Overweight/Obesity and Metabolically Unhealthy Obesity Risk in Western Countries.Current obesity reports · 2026Pooled it
- Digital Devices Use and Sleep in Adolescents: An Umbrella Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2025Pooled it
- Review Article: The effectiveness of school-based interventions for reducing screen time - a systematic review and meta-analysis.Child and adolescent mental health · 2025Pooled it
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- The Impact of Sleep Loss on Screen Time in Children: Secondary Analyses of a Randomised Crossover Trial Using Objective Measures of Screen Time.Pediatric obesity · 2025Trial
- Default mode network and visual network responsiveness to transcutaneous auricular vagus nerve stimulation predict its variable efficacy in primary insomnia disorder.Frontiers in neurology · 2025Trial
- The Impact of Fentanyl on the Effective Dose of Remimazolam-Induced Sedation in Elderly Female Patients: An Up-and-Down Sequential Allocation Trial.Drug design, development and therapy · 2024Trial
- Pedagogical health - a holistic perspective on promoting children's and students' well-being in school.International journal of qualitative studies on health and well-being · 2026Article
- Prolonged screen time is associated with increased prevalence of sleep disorders in children.European journal of pediatrics · 2026Article
- Smartphone Use on School Nights in the Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development Study.JAMA pediatrics · 2026Article
- Moderate vs. Excessive Video Gaming: Distinct Neurocognitive and Neural Activation Profiles in Preadolescence.Research square · 2026Article
- Heterogeneous Associations Between Objectively Measured Screen Time and Sleep in Early Adolescence.Technology, mind, and behavior · 2026Article
- Elevating sleep to a global health priority: The One Sleep Health framework.Cell reports. Medicine · 2026Review
- Digital Exposure and Skin Health in Children and Adolescents: A State-of-the-Art Review.Cureus · 2026Review
- Pediatric Headache in the Age of Social Media: A Topical Review.Current pain and headache reports · 2026Review
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- Screen exposure and circadian disruption in paediatric epilepsy: risks and technology-based approaches - a literature review.Postepy psychiatrii neurologii · 2026Review
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- Prevalence and Determinants of Bed-Sharing Among Infants and Toddlers in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia: A Cross-Sectional Study.Nature and science of sleep · 2026Article
- Beyond screen use duration: the role of evening TV-timing on sleep in preschool-aged children.Frontiers in sleep · 2026Article
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Abstract
objectiveTo achieve consensus on whether screen-based digital media (1) in general, (2) via prebedtime content, and (3) via prebedtime light impairs sleep health in (a) childhood, (b) adolescence, and (c) adulthood. Furthermore, to address whether employing behavioral strategies and interventions may reduce the potential negative effects of screens on sleep health.
methodsThe National Sleep Foundation convened a 16-person multidisciplinary expert panel ("Panel"). Panelists met virtually 5 times throughout 2023, during which they followed a modified Delphi RAND/UCLA Appropriateness Method to reach consensus.
resultsThe Panel conducted a literature review starting with 2209 articles, narrowed down to 522 relevant empirical articles and 52 relevant review articles. The search was refined to include 35 experimental/intervention studies that examined whether there was a causal link between screen-based digital media and sleep. In addition, panelists reviewed 5 recent relevant systematic review articles. After reviewing the summarized current literature, panelists voted on 10 candidate statements about whether screen use impairs sleep health. The Panel met virtually to discuss the results of the first round of votes, which was then followed by a second round of voting, ultimately achieving consensus on 5 out of the 10 statements.
conclusionsThe Panel achieved consensus that (1) in general, screen use impairs sleep health among children and adolescents, (2) the content of screen use before sleep impairs sleep health of children and adolescents, and (3) behavioral strategies and interventions may attenuate the negative effects of screen use on sleep health.
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