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Smartphone Uses and its Effects on Health of Adolescents


Mr. Moirangthem Binanda Singh | Dr. Vandana Chauhan | Mr. Atul Kumar



Mr. Moirangthem Binanda Singh | Dr. Vandana Chauhan | Mr. Atul Kumar "Smartphone Uses and its Effects on Health of Adolescents" Published in International Journal of Trend in Scientific Research and Development (ijtsrd), ISSN: 2456-6470, Volume-4 | Issue-3, April 2020, pp.96-98, URL: https://www.ijtsrd.com/papers/ijtsrd30296.pdf

Smartphone usage has been increased dramatically which helps in easy communication but in another side it also affect the health of users if not used in healthy way. Aims: The aim of the study was to assess the uses of smartphone by adolescents and its effects on their health. Setting and design: Study was conducted in a private school of Doiwala, Dehradun and the design was descriptive survey design. Methodology: 154 adolescents (11th and 12th class) were selected through purposive sampling technique. Data was collected by administering questionnaire to the participants. Tool consist baseline data, rating scale for uses of smartphone and self reported checklist to assess health effects. Statistical analysis: The data was analyzed by using descriptive and inferential statistics such as frequency, percentage distribution and chi-square. Results: The result shows that 11% adolescents were excessive users of smartphone. 81.3% adolescents uses their smartphone for approx one to four hours daily. More than half adolescents were using internet, among them around 24.5% adolescents had their account on social media. Regarding effect on health, most common complaint was headache (61%) followed by eye discomforts (44%), neck pain (43%), and wrist pain (41.6%). Conclusion: Study concludes that use of smartphone affects health of adolescents and also has an impact on their study and physical activities so adolescents should be encouraged for healthy use of smartphone to gain maximum benefits of gadget.

Smartphone, adolescents, health, effect


IJTSRD30296
Volume-4 | Issue-3, April 2020
96-98
IJTSRD | www.ijtsrd.com | E-ISSN 2456-6470
Copyright © 2019 by author(s) and International Journal of Trend in Scientific Research and Development Journal. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY 4.0) (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0)

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