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Impact of smart phone use on adolescence health in India

Smart phone use is on the rise globally, which may have an impact on people's health. The second-largest country in terms of mobile phone usage is India. However, there aren't many studies that have been done in India to evaluate its health impacts. Therefore, it is of interest to assess t...

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Autores principales: B, Mahalakshmi, N, Sivasubramanian, Dasharathbhai, Dhobi Nirali, Ekambaram, Gnanadesigan
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Biomedical Informatics 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10692983/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/38046511
http://dx.doi.org/10.6026/973206300191090
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Sumario:Smart phone use is on the rise globally, which may have an impact on people's health. The second-largest country in terms of mobile phone usage is India. However, there aren't many studies that have been done in India to evaluate its health impacts. Therefore, it is of interest to assess the effectiveness of codex on the impact of smart phone use on various dimensions of health status among adolescence. The pre-test mean score for knowledge regarding the impact of smart phones on physical health was 1.92, while the post-test mean score was 3.75. The pre-test and post-test standard deviations were 0.91 and 0.93, respectively, and the mean deviation score was the 't'-value that was 11.000 and Significant at the p<0.001*** level. The research was conducted in higher secondary school, and 60 students participated. The research design was a pre-experimental design; a self-administered questionnaire was used to assess the knowledge of Students on the Impact of mobile phone use on various dimensions of health. Most people, on average, spend 3 hours and 15 minutes on their phones each day. As adolescents are engaged in smartphone use, it disturbs their sleep patterns, adversely impacting their short-term memory