Open AccessTHE EXCESSIVE USE OF SOCIAL MEDIA AND ITS RELATIONSHIP TO INSOMNIA AMONG NURSING STUDENTS
Author(s) -
deboorah Siregar,
Adellia Adellia,
Alserina Hideni Harefa,
Yonavia Oriza,
Deborah Siregar,
Elissa Oktoviani Hutasoit
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
international journal of nursing and midwifery science (ijnms)
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2686-2123
pISSN - 2686-0538
DOI - 10.29082/ijnms/2021/vol5/iss2/352
Subject(s) - nonprobability sampling , insomnia , social media , psychology , sleep quality , quality (philosophy) , social support , clinical psychology , applied psychology , nursing , social psychology , medicine , psychiatry , computer science , population , philosophy , environmental health , epistemology , world wide web
Social media is online media used to interact and exchange information with other people. Excessive use of social media can negatively impact, one of which can make a person's sleep patterns change, causing insomnia. Insomnia is a condition characterized by a disturbance in the amount, quality, or time of an individual's sleep. This study aimed to analyze the relationship between the excessive use of social media and insomnia among nursing students. This research method was correlational quantitative with a cross-sectional design. The sampling technique used was purposive sampling with a sample size of 207 participants. Data analysis used the chi-square test.The results showed 102 participants (49.3%) actively used social media, and 105 participants (50.7%) were not actively using social media, 103 participants (49.8%) experienced insomnia, and 104 participants (50.2%) do not experience insomnia. This study demonstrated a significant relationship between the excessive use of social media and insomnia among nursing students(p-value 0.01).Therefore, this research can provide information to students to optimize the use of social media to support the learning process and improve students’ sleep quality.