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Effects of removing electronic devices from an athletes’ sleeping environment on sleep and anxiety: 862 Board #41 May 31 3 30 PM - 5 00 PM
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Effects of removing electronic devices from an athletes’ sleeping environment on sleep and anxiety: 862 Board #41 May 31 3 30 PM - 5 00 PM

Maddison J. Jones, Brian Dawson, Peter R. Eastwood, Shona Halson, Joanna Miller, Ian C. Dunican and Peter Peeling
Medicine and science in sports and exercise, Vol.49(5S)
2017
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1249/01.mss.0000517456.16565.42
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PURPOSE: To investigate the effects of removing electronic devices in the evening and overnight on measures of sleep and anxiety during a seven-night training camp. METHODS: Twenty-six water-polo athletes (12 males, 14 females, aged 17±1 y) attending a training camp were allocated to either a no-device group (no electronic devices could be used after dinner or overnight; ND) or a control group (unrestricted electronic device use; CON). Athletes in the ND group also completed a modified version of the Nomophobia Questionnaire (Yildirim, 2015), which measured anxiety related to being unable to use electronic devices. Sleep was monitored with wrist actigraphy in both groups. One-way ANOVA calculated between-group differences and repeated measures ANOVA calculated within-group differences across each night. Cohen’s d effect sizes were calculated for anxiety scores. RESULTS: Athletes in the ND group went to bed earlier than those in the CON group on the first night of camp (21:40±0:48 h vs. 22:20±0:48 h; p=0.049). Athletes in the ND group also spent longer in bed (520±41 min vs. 478±41 min; p=0.015) and slept for longer (474±55 min vs. 433±41 min; p=0.044) than the CON group on the first night. However, there were no differences between groups for any other nights. Electronic device-related anxiety in the ND group did not significantly change from the first (61±27) to the last night of the camp (49±18), although a moderate effect size for the change in scores over time (d=0.50) suggested a trend towards decreased anxiety over time. CONCLUSION: Removing electronic devices from athletes overnight resulted in sleep extension on the first night of the training camp. It is possible that the lack of differences between the two groups for the remaining six nights was due to athletes in the ND group seeking other means of delaying bedtime (e.g. by engaging in other activities). Future research is needed to better understand the effects of electronic device use in young adults and athletes, particularly in relation to evening electronic device use habits.

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