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Evaluating the relationship between smartphone addiction/overuse and musculoskeletal pain among medical students at Qassim University
BACKGROUND: Smartphone use has greatly increased in recent days, and most of the daily tasks are done through these devices. As a result, long time use may involve bad posture that may result in musculoskeletal pain. Therefore, it is important to evaluate the association between addiction/overuse of...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6820402/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31681674 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_665_19 |
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author | Alsalameh, Abdullah M. Harisi, Mohammad J. Alduayji, Muath A. Almutham, Abdullah A. Mahmood, Farid M. |
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description | BACKGROUND: Smartphone use has greatly increased in recent days, and most of the daily tasks are done through these devices. As a result, long time use may involve bad posture that may result in musculoskeletal pain. Therefore, it is important to evaluate the association between addiction/overuse of smartphones and musculoskeletal pain. AIM: To determine the prevalence of addictive/overuse of smartphones among medical students and to investigate if there is an association between smartphone addiction and musculoskeletal pain. METHOD: A cross-sectional study conducted at Qassim University, medical college. The Smartphone Addiction Scale Short Version (SAS-SV) was used to measure the level of smartphone addiction while the Nordic musculoskeletal questionnaire (NMQ) was utilized to evaluate the musculoskeletal pain. RESULTS: The prevalence of smartphone addiction among medical students was relatively high (60.3%). The most frequent pain related to smartphone addiction was in the neck (60.8%), followed by lower back (46.8%), shoulder (40.0%). The academic year level was statistically associated with the level of smartphone addiction. Moreover, we found a significant relationship between musculoskeletal pain and smartphone addiction at certain body regions, neck, wrist/hand and knees, Other musculoskeletal parameters included in the test were found to have no statistically significant association. CONCLUSION: More than half of the medical students identified as addicted to smartphones. The most common musculoskeletal pain was the neck, lower back, and shoulder. The academic year level found to have a significant association with the level of smartphone addiction while musculoskeletal pain such as neck, wrist, and knee were the independent significant factors of smartphone addiction; therefore, it is important to educate the community about the effect of being addicted to smartphone use in order to prevent the consequences of this behavior. |
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spelling | pubmed-68204022019-11-01 Evaluating the relationship between smartphone addiction/overuse and musculoskeletal pain among medical students at Qassim University Alsalameh, Abdullah M. Harisi, Mohammad J. Alduayji, Muath A. Almutham, Abdullah A. Mahmood, Farid M. J Family Med Prim Care Original Article BACKGROUND: Smartphone use has greatly increased in recent days, and most of the daily tasks are done through these devices. As a result, long time use may involve bad posture that may result in musculoskeletal pain. Therefore, it is important to evaluate the association between addiction/overuse of smartphones and musculoskeletal pain. AIM: To determine the prevalence of addictive/overuse of smartphones among medical students and to investigate if there is an association between smartphone addiction and musculoskeletal pain. METHOD: A cross-sectional study conducted at Qassim University, medical college. The Smartphone Addiction Scale Short Version (SAS-SV) was used to measure the level of smartphone addiction while the Nordic musculoskeletal questionnaire (NMQ) was utilized to evaluate the musculoskeletal pain. RESULTS: The prevalence of smartphone addiction among medical students was relatively high (60.3%). The most frequent pain related to smartphone addiction was in the neck (60.8%), followed by lower back (46.8%), shoulder (40.0%). The academic year level was statistically associated with the level of smartphone addiction. Moreover, we found a significant relationship between musculoskeletal pain and smartphone addiction at certain body regions, neck, wrist/hand and knees, Other musculoskeletal parameters included in the test were found to have no statistically significant association. CONCLUSION: More than half of the medical students identified as addicted to smartphones. The most common musculoskeletal pain was the neck, lower back, and shoulder. The academic year level found to have a significant association with the level of smartphone addiction while musculoskeletal pain such as neck, wrist, and knee were the independent significant factors of smartphone addiction; therefore, it is important to educate the community about the effect of being addicted to smartphone use in order to prevent the consequences of this behavior. Wolters Kluwer - Medknow 2019-09-30 /pmc/articles/PMC6820402/ /pubmed/31681674 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_665_19 Text en Copyright: © 2019 Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0 This is an open access journal, and articles are distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 License, which allows others to remix, tweak, and build upon the work non-commercially, as long as appropriate credit is given and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms. |
spellingShingle | Original Article Alsalameh, Abdullah M. Harisi, Mohammad J. Alduayji, Muath A. Almutham, Abdullah A. Mahmood, Farid M. Evaluating the relationship between smartphone addiction/overuse and musculoskeletal pain among medical students at Qassim University |
title | Evaluating the relationship between smartphone addiction/overuse and musculoskeletal pain among medical students at Qassim University |
title_full | Evaluating the relationship between smartphone addiction/overuse and musculoskeletal pain among medical students at Qassim University |
title_fullStr | Evaluating the relationship between smartphone addiction/overuse and musculoskeletal pain among medical students at Qassim University |
title_full_unstemmed | Evaluating the relationship between smartphone addiction/overuse and musculoskeletal pain among medical students at Qassim University |
title_short | Evaluating the relationship between smartphone addiction/overuse and musculoskeletal pain among medical students at Qassim University |
title_sort | evaluating the relationship between smartphone addiction/overuse and musculoskeletal pain among medical students at qassim university |
topic | Original Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6820402/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31681674 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_665_19 |
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