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Mobile Phones, Sleep & Productivity | Weekly Bulletins | Andrew Weil, M.D.
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Time spent on mobile phones is costing some people their sleep, affecting their productivity and threatening their safety while driving. Mobile phone use also seems to lead to more aches and pains. These findings from a recent Australian study reveal some surprising effects of widespread mobile phone use (88 percent of Australians have these phones compared to 64 percent of Americans). The survey showed that one in five women and one in eight men were not getting adequate sleep due to time spent on their phones. Among men participating 12.6 percent said their productivity was negatively affected due to their phone time. Among women, 14 percent blamed a productivity decline on their phone use. In addition, 8.4 percent of the women attributed aches and pains to use of their phones as did 7.9 percent of men. The results also showed that 25.9 percent of the women and 15.9 percent of the men said there are times they would rather use their phones than deal with more pressing issues. Among those between the ages of 18 to 25, that figure rose to 51.4 percent. Study leader Oscar Oviedo-Trespalacios from Queensland University of Technology described these effects as “technoference,” meaning “everyday intrusions and interruptions that people experience due to mobile phones and their usage.”

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Oscar Oviedo-Trespalacios et al, “Problematic Use of Mobile Phones in Australia…Is It Getting Worse?” Frontiers in Psychiatry, March 12, 2019, doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2019.00105

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