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28 APRIL 2025, MONDAY
10:15 - 11:30 ORAL PRESENTATION SESSION - 1

The Relationship Between Fear of Missing Out (FoMO) on Social Media and Sleep Patterns Among Medical Students

Çağıl Aydın Çetiner1, Deniz Deniz Özturan1, Figen Ünal Demir2, Gözde Yontar3, Muhammet Sevindik1

1. Department of Psychiatry, Ordu University Faculty of Medicine, Ordu, Turkey
2. Department of Psychiatry, Tokat Gaziosmanpaşa University Faculty of Medicine, Tokat, Turkey
3. Department of Psychiatry, Samsun Education and Research Hospital, Samsun, Turkey

DOI: 10.5080/kes27.abs1 Page 21

BACKGROUND AND AIM:Fear of Missing Out (FoMO) refers to a type of anxiety arising from the fear of missing out on events or updates on social platforms. This can lead individuals to constantly check their social media accounts, disrupting their sleep patterns. Our study aimed to determine the levels of FoMO on social media and its relationship with their sleep patterns.
METHODS (Ethics Committee Approval must be obtained and the number should be specified.):The online survey study was conducted on 258 medical students who voluntarily participated and had no axis 1 diagnosis. Participants completed the FoMO on Social Media and Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index scales. The relationship between the level of FoMO on social media and sleep patterns was examined. Ethical approval was obtained from Tokat Gaziosmanpaşa University Ethics Committee (Approval number: 83116987-486).
RESULTS:The mean FoMO score was 21.43±10.09 for females and 18.13±9.39 for males. Students with a sleep latency of more than 30 minutes in the past month had FoMO scores of 23.92±11.00, 19.29±9.41 for those with a sleep latency of less than 30 minutes. Those who usually woke up after 08:00 had FoMO scores of 21.05±9.91, 18.18±9.94 for those who woke up before 08:00. Students who rated their sleep quality as "poor" had FoMO scores of 23.51±10.95, those who rated their sleep quality as "good" scored 18.54±8.89. In our study, FoMO scores were significantly higher among females (p=0.013), students with a sleep latency of more than 30 minutes (p=0.002), those who woke up after 08:00 (p=0.05), and those who rated their sleep quality as "poor" (p<0.001).
CONCLUSIONS:Our study revealed that individuals with higher levels of FoMO on social media had longer sleep latencies, rated their sleep quality as poorer, and generally woke up later in the morning. These findings indicate that FoMO on social media may negatively affect individuals' sleep patterns.