Research Article

Digital Device Use, Computer Vision Syndrome, and Sleep Quality among an African Undergraduate Population

Table 4

PSQI total and individual component score with years of digital device use and duration of digital device use per day.

Years of digital device useDigital device use per day (hours)
<55–10>10<33–6>6
Mean (SD)Mean (SD)Mean (SD) valueMean (SD)Mean (SD)Mean (SD) value

Global PSQI5.63 (2.42)6.59 (2.35)7.40 (3.07)<0.0015.59 (2.29)6.26 (2.35)7.63 (3.24)<0.001
Subjective sleep quality0.8 (0.62)0.84 (0.62)1.13 (0.78)0.0010.77 (0.53)0.87 (0.55)1.14 (0.67)0.256
Sleep latency1.40 (1.20)1.64 (1.21)1.94 (1.59)0.011.4 (1.1)1.50 (1.19)2.07 (1.58)0.003
Sleep duration1.48 (0.83)1.59 (0.69)1.65 (0.75)0.2611.42 (0.85)1.57 (0.77)1.70 (0.67)0.02
Habitual sleep deficiency0.56 (0.61)0.63 (0.60)0.71 (0.89)0.8110.47 (0.34)0.58 (0.47)0.85 (0.73)0.005
Sleep disturbance0.94 (0.53)1.05 (0.50)1.13 (0.44)0.0041.00 (0.55)1.03 (0.46)1.08 (0.49)0.638
Use of sleep medication0.11 (0.34)0.15 (0.22)0.1 (0.26)0.8930.09(0.08)0.11 (0.09)0.15 (0.09)0.613
Daytime dysfunction0.35 (0.45)0.69 (0.62)0.76 (0.55)0.0010.46 (0.34)0.62 (0.50)0.65 (0.54)0.825