Correlation Between Screen Time, Sleep Duration, and Stroop Effect Among First-Year Osteopathic Medical Students: A Cross-Sectional Study
Raju Panta, Pedro Del Corral, Summer Hales, Piercarla Fernandez, Emily Ahearn, Mark Parsamian · 2026
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Raju Panta and five co-authors relate screen time and sleep to attention test scores in first-year medical students, in a study from 2026. Heavy device use tracks with shorter sleep, but links to executive control in trainees were mixed. The Stroop test offers a clean measure of selective attention and inhibition.
They recruited sixty-nine first-year osteopathic students in 2025, with forty-nine giving complete data. Each took a phone-based Stroop test and reported screen time and sleep over the past week and month. Simple regressions probe links between interference scores, screen time, and sleep, plus the screen-sleep link itself. Mean reaction times are reported for matching and clashing trials.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Raju Panta, Pedro Del Corral, Summer Hales, Piercarla Fernandez, Emily Ahearn, Mark Parsamian |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 46 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |