The Influence of Mobile Technologies on the Quality of Sleep
This study assessed whether sleeping with versus without a mobile phone (two-week intervals) affects sleep in medical students, using smartwatch-based monitoring. It reports no statistically significant differences in sleep quality or time spent in wakefulness, REM, light, or deep sleep between conditions. The authors report a statistically significant effect on minimum and average blood oxygen saturation during sleep and call for further research on nightly RF-EMF exposure.
Key points
- The study examines RF-EMF exposure from mobile phones during sleep in medical students.
- Participants alternated sleeping with and without their phone in two-week intervals.
- Smartwatches were used to objectively track sleep parameters.
- No statistically significant differences were reported for sleep quality or sleep-stage durations between conditions.
- A statistically significant effect was reported for minimum and average blood oxygen saturation during sleep.
- The authors interpret the oxygen saturation finding as a potential health-relevant physiological change and recommend further research.
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