Social Media Addiction That Affecting Physical Activity and Sleep Deprivation Among Middle Aged Working and Nonworking Women

Abstract

BACKGROUND: The World Health Organization has identified digital addiction as a rising worldwide issue that has a detrimental effect on energy, sleep quality, and time management. To be addicted to social media means to be unable to control one's use of social media, which has detrimental effects on one's interpersonal and personal life. Overuse of social media, particularly by women who have several socio-familial responsibilities, has been connected to poor sleep, physical inactivity, and a lower health related quality of life. In order to create strategies that encourage healthier lifestyle choices, it is essential to understand this association.

METHODS: A cross-sectional study was used. A purposive sample method, composed of 100 middle aged working and non-working women aged 25-59 years in and around Ernakulam. The participants were selected according to inclusion and exclusion criteria. The outcome measures used were Bergen Social Media Addiction Scale (BSMAS) for assessing social media addiction, Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI) for assessing sleep quality and International Physical Activity Questionnaire (IPAQ) for assessing physical activity. 

RESULTS: A total of 100 individuals (50 working and 50 non-working women) who satisfied the inclusion criteria participated in this study. In accordance with statistical analyses there is a positive correlation between social media addiction and sleep deprivation among working (r = 0.276) and non-working women (r = 0.531). A positive correlation was found between social media addiction and physical activity in working women (r = -0.43), and a negative correlation among non-working women (r = 0.043). physical activity demonstrated a negative correlation with sleep quality in both working (r = -0.179) and non-working women (r = 0.094). 

CONCLUSION: The study concludes that social media addiction is positively correlated with sleep quality in working women, whereas in non-working women. Social media addiction shows a positive correlation with physical activity in working women and negative association with physical activity in non-working women. Physical activity is negatively associated with sleep quality in both working and non-working women.