According to WHO, Occupational health should aim at the promotion and maintenance of 

highest degree of physical, mental and social wellbeing of workers in all occupations.

In today’s world, workers across all industries are experiencing more health problems due to 

their work environment, especially among computer users, according to occupational health 

experts.

Occupational health is vital for employee’s well-being and productivity and it profoundly 

influences a nation’s economy, with Information Technology (IT) professionals playing a 

significant role; however, their heavy reliance on screens can disrupt sleep patterns.

Sleep disruption is characterized by difficulty in initiating, maintaining, or improving sleep, 

leading to daytime impairment. Additionally, insufficient sleep hampers daytime productivity 

and work efficiency, in turn adversely affecting overall Quality of Life.

IT employees on an average spend around 7-8 hours daily on digital screens for work, with 

additional time allocated for personal device use, which can be considered as Atiyoga.

This dependency to digital devices adversely affects both physical and mental health, notably 

leading to poor sleep quality.

Good sleep gives rest and rejuvenates the body and mind, promoting overall health and 

providing energy to carry out day-to-day activities.

The screens of electronic devices emit blue light. Blue light is a portion of the visible light 

spectrum, which stimulates part of brain that make us feel alert.

While all types of visible light can affect circadian rhythms, blue light has the largest impact

that can influence circadian rhythm, alertness, hormone production and disrupts our natural 

sleep cycles.

Blue light suppresses the body’s release of melatonin which plays a vital role in regulating 

sleep.

Screen stimulation for just minutes can delay melatonin release by several hours, delaying 

sleep signals, desynchronizing the body sleep-wake cycle and hindering deep sleep, crucial 

for healing.

Taking a comprehensive view, it is probable that IT Professionals experiences sleep related 

problems or disturbances.

Despite knowing the detrimental effects of excessive screen time on our health, we continue 

to indulge, likened to committing Prajnaparadha highlighting the need for caution and 

proactive measures.

Hence, this survey study is designed to know the quality of sleep based on varied levels of 

screen time exposure.