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Citation

Kim K, Lee H, Hong JP, Cho MJ, Fava M, Mischoulon D, Kim DJ, Jeon HJ. PLoS One 2017; 12(4): e0174619.

Affiliation

Department of Health Sciences & Technology, Samsung Biomedical Research Institute (SAIHST), Sungkyunkwan University, Seoul, Korea.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2017, Public Library of Science)

DOI

10.1371/journal.pone.0174619

PMID

28384238

Abstract

PURPOSE: Internet addiction (IA) is defined as a psychological dependence on the internet, regardless of the type of activities once logged on, and previous studies have focused on adolescents and young adults. The aim of this study was to investigate the association between suicide attempts and sleep among community-dwelling adults with IA.

METHODS: The Young's Internet Addiction Test (IAT), the Korean version of the Composite International Diagnostic Interview (K-CIDI) and a suicide questionnaire were used in this cross-sectional multistage, cluster sampling population-based study. A total of 3212 adults aged 18-64 years were interviewed face-to-face, and they had been randomly selected through a one-person-per-household method.

RESULTS: Of the 3212 adults, 204 were assessed as having IA (6.35%). Adults with IA were younger, and more frequently male, unmarried, and unemployed, and had poorer sleep quality than adults without IA (32.8% vs. 19.8%), whereas there was no significant difference in the absolute duration of sleep between the two groups. Adults with IA showed more frequent difficulty initiating and maintaining sleep, non-restorative sleep, daytime functional impairment, and duration of sleep more than 10 hours on weekdays than adults without IA. IA with poor sleep quality was significantly associated with lifetime suicide attempts (AOR = 3.34, 95% CI 1.38-8.05) after adjusting for demographic covariates. Adults with IA who had more sleep problems showed more severe IA, especially those who experienced a previous suicidal attempt. Among mental disorders, IA with poor sleep quality was significantly associated with anxiety disorder and overall psychiatric disorders.

CONCLUSIONS: Among adults with IA, poor sleep quality was found to be associated with more severe IA and lifetime suicide attempt.


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