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The Association of Smartphone Usage Duration with Physical Fitness among Chinese University Students
Background: The use of smartphones has become increasingly prevalent in recent years, especially among the youth. However, smartphone overuse has been reported to be related to several negative mental and physical health outcomes. Although the association between smartphone use and physical fitness...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8744607/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35010833 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19010572 |
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author | Li, Wang Cui, Yufei Gong, Qiang Huang, Cong Guo, Feng |
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description | Background: The use of smartphones has become increasingly prevalent in recent years, especially among the youth. However, smartphone overuse has been reported to be related to several negative mental and physical health outcomes. Although the association between smartphone use and physical fitness has been investigated in several studies, these studies only focused on specific elements of physical fitness, such as grip strength. In addition, evidence on young adults is limited. Thus, this study aimed to examine the association between the duration of smartphone use and physical fitness among Chinese university students. Methods: A total of 11,242 university students volunteered to participate in the study. The duration of smartphone use was assessed using a self-reported questionnaire. Physical fitness tests consisted of a 50-m sprint and vital capacity tests for both sexes, a 1000-m run and pull-up test for male students, and an 800-m run and sit-up test for female students. Results: The duration of smartphone use among the participants was 5.4 h/day for male students and 6.1 h/day for female students on average. After adjusting for confounding factors, in male students, a long duration of smartphone use was significantly associated with a slow 50 m sprint and 1000 m run time, lower pull-up times, and poor vital capacity (p = 0.004, 0.002, 0.002 and 0.040, respectively). In female students, a long duration of smartphone use was associated with a slow 800 m run time (p < 0.001). Conclusion: This study found that longer duration of smartphone use was associated with lower physical fitness among Chinese university students. The duration of smartphone use may be an influencing factor for physical fitness. |
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spelling | pubmed-87446072022-01-11 The Association of Smartphone Usage Duration with Physical Fitness among Chinese University Students Li, Wang Cui, Yufei Gong, Qiang Huang, Cong Guo, Feng Int J Environ Res Public Health Article Background: The use of smartphones has become increasingly prevalent in recent years, especially among the youth. However, smartphone overuse has been reported to be related to several negative mental and physical health outcomes. Although the association between smartphone use and physical fitness has been investigated in several studies, these studies only focused on specific elements of physical fitness, such as grip strength. In addition, evidence on young adults is limited. Thus, this study aimed to examine the association between the duration of smartphone use and physical fitness among Chinese university students. Methods: A total of 11,242 university students volunteered to participate in the study. The duration of smartphone use was assessed using a self-reported questionnaire. Physical fitness tests consisted of a 50-m sprint and vital capacity tests for both sexes, a 1000-m run and pull-up test for male students, and an 800-m run and sit-up test for female students. Results: The duration of smartphone use among the participants was 5.4 h/day for male students and 6.1 h/day for female students on average. After adjusting for confounding factors, in male students, a long duration of smartphone use was significantly associated with a slow 50 m sprint and 1000 m run time, lower pull-up times, and poor vital capacity (p = 0.004, 0.002, 0.002 and 0.040, respectively). In female students, a long duration of smartphone use was associated with a slow 800 m run time (p < 0.001). Conclusion: This study found that longer duration of smartphone use was associated with lower physical fitness among Chinese university students. The duration of smartphone use may be an influencing factor for physical fitness. MDPI 2022-01-05 /pmc/articles/PMC8744607/ /pubmed/35010833 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19010572 Text en © 2022 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Li, Wang Cui, Yufei Gong, Qiang Huang, Cong Guo, Feng The Association of Smartphone Usage Duration with Physical Fitness among Chinese University Students |
title | The Association of Smartphone Usage Duration with Physical Fitness among Chinese University Students |
title_full | The Association of Smartphone Usage Duration with Physical Fitness among Chinese University Students |
title_fullStr | The Association of Smartphone Usage Duration with Physical Fitness among Chinese University Students |
title_full_unstemmed | The Association of Smartphone Usage Duration with Physical Fitness among Chinese University Students |
title_short | The Association of Smartphone Usage Duration with Physical Fitness among Chinese University Students |
title_sort | association of smartphone usage duration with physical fitness among chinese university students |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8744607/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35010833 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19010572 |
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