Smartphone sleep technology: health apps during covid-19 to mitigate psychosocial stress among children and adolescents

Children and adolescents are prone to physical fatigue and psychosocial anxiety because of the ongoing social distancing and sleep deprivations due to the long exposure to digital technology usage during the covid-19 pandemic. This scenario of sleep deprivation affects their educational endeavors an...

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Main Author: Cathy Mae Dabi Toquero
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: CV Rezki Media 2021-03-01
Series:Journal of Science and Education
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Online Access:https://jse.rezkimedia.org/index.php/jse/article/view/20
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description Children and adolescents are prone to physical fatigue and psychosocial anxiety because of the ongoing social distancing and sleep deprivations due to the long exposure to digital technology usage during the covid-19 pandemic. This scenario of sleep deprivation affects their educational endeavors and health quality. Through the use of smartphones as a sleep technology approach in mental health, this article reviews relevant literature concerning the mobile health applications for sleep hygiene among children and adolescents. It provides insight into smartphone sleep technology utilization that can alleviate the psychosocial stress and mental health issues that children and adolescents can experience amid the pandemic. The author stressed that the collaboration among health practitioners, educators, and researchers are also pertinent to strengthen health measures and to conduct evidence-based research on digital health interventions. The scientific results can increase smartphone-based sleep applications' monitoring as health interventions for children and adolescents to practice sleep hygiene. Future investigation should also examine and assess the effectiveness of smartphone sleep technologies for sleep quality and mental health outcomes.
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spelling doaj.art-3a34ed976bfb463294d7a518af8ef8e32022-12-22T00:24:38ZengCV Rezki MediaJournal of Science and Education2745-53512021-03-0112414710.56003/jse.v1i2.2020Smartphone sleep technology: health apps during covid-19 to mitigate psychosocial stress among children and adolescentsCathy Mae Dabi Toquero0College of Education, Mindanao State University-General Santos CityChildren and adolescents are prone to physical fatigue and psychosocial anxiety because of the ongoing social distancing and sleep deprivations due to the long exposure to digital technology usage during the covid-19 pandemic. This scenario of sleep deprivation affects their educational endeavors and health quality. Through the use of smartphones as a sleep technology approach in mental health, this article reviews relevant literature concerning the mobile health applications for sleep hygiene among children and adolescents. It provides insight into smartphone sleep technology utilization that can alleviate the psychosocial stress and mental health issues that children and adolescents can experience amid the pandemic. The author stressed that the collaboration among health practitioners, educators, and researchers are also pertinent to strengthen health measures and to conduct evidence-based research on digital health interventions. The scientific results can increase smartphone-based sleep applications' monitoring as health interventions for children and adolescents to practice sleep hygiene. Future investigation should also examine and assess the effectiveness of smartphone sleep technologies for sleep quality and mental health outcomes.https://jse.rezkimedia.org/index.php/jse/article/view/20covid-19psychosocial stressmental healthmobile health technology
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Smartphone sleep technology: health apps during covid-19 to mitigate psychosocial stress among children and adolescents
Journal of Science and Education
covid-19
psychosocial stress
mental health
mobile health technology
title Smartphone sleep technology: health apps during covid-19 to mitigate psychosocial stress among children and adolescents
title_full Smartphone sleep technology: health apps during covid-19 to mitigate psychosocial stress among children and adolescents
title_fullStr Smartphone sleep technology: health apps during covid-19 to mitigate psychosocial stress among children and adolescents
title_full_unstemmed Smartphone sleep technology: health apps during covid-19 to mitigate psychosocial stress among children and adolescents
title_short Smartphone sleep technology: health apps during covid-19 to mitigate psychosocial stress among children and adolescents
title_sort smartphone sleep technology health apps during covid 19 to mitigate psychosocial stress among children and adolescents
topic covid-19
psychosocial stress
mental health
mobile health technology
url https://jse.rezkimedia.org/index.php/jse/article/view/20
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