Adults spend a staggering 11+ hours daily staring at screens, with nearly 5 of those hours spent watching television. Here at the sleep clinic where sleep hygiene counseling of new patients is increasingly necessary, we often focus on smart phone usage and screen time when counseling insomnia patients and for good reason: Americans love staring at their smart phones. Perhaps more than even obesity and alcohol consumption, smart phone usage is the new Boogeyman in the sleep medicine field. 60% of adults in Austin could not stop themselves from compulsively checking their smart phone for a 15-20 minute period.
That means 60% of patients had to check their smart phone while they are in the middle of talking live to the sleep counselor or doctor – 60% had to look down, stop talking, and check something else rather than wait 15-20 minutes to check their incoming message. We also found that 3 out of 5 patients checked their smart phone or wearable tech (like a smart watch) during their face-to-face consultation with the sleep counselor or the doctor unrelated to the appointment itself (such as when receiving a text message or email). We found that 99% of patients seen in 2019 used their smart phone at least once during a consultation or procedure. One data point that was disproportionately appearing again and again at our sleep clinic in 2019 was patient smart phone usage during consultation and procedure. We have to begin with a blank slate and collect all data points, regardless of whether they are relevant to us or not. Though sleep apnea, snoring, and fatigue are the most common sleep disorders we evaluate and treat, we never know if a new patient may present with rarer, neurological disorders like narcolepsy, cataplexy, parasomnia, or hypnagogia. As an accredited and licensed sleep clinic, we track all kinds of patient behavior during procedures, exams and consultations.
This article began with our 2020 quarter one internal patient data at the sleep clinic. Steve Jobs, who was CEO of Apple for many years, told reporters that his kids don’t use iPads and that “We limit how much technology our kids use at home.” – Source: The New York Times Insomnia: A Disease we Created Sean Parker, who was the founding president of Facebook, has publicly called himself "something of a conscientious objector" on social media and said, “God only knows what it's doing to our children's brains.” – Source: Axios The short-term, dopamine-driven feedback loops that we have created are destroying how society works.” – Source: The Guardian
I can control my kids’ decisions, which is that they’re not allowed to use that sh%t. Three Quotes you’ve never heard (but need to know):Ĭhamath Palihapitiya, former VP of user growth at Facebook, has said that: “I can control my decision, which is that I don’t use that sh%t. The compulsive need to check your smart phone is an anxiety-arousal feedback loop due to cortisol and dopamine actions that is stimulated by social media algorithms which both increases your daytime anxiety and worsens your nighttime sleep. Smart phones, tablet, and e-reader screen ‘blue light’ significantly reduce REM sleep, the cognitively restorative stage of deep sleep. Three Takeaways you first need to understand:Īdults average nearly 11 hours per day staring at their screens and nearly 5 hours per day watching television that is increasingly angrier, divisive, and rage-filled.
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