CORRELATION OF SMARTPHONE ADDICTION WITH TEXT NECK SYNDROME DURING COVID-19 PANDEMIC
| Autor: | Rafia Farrukh Shamsi, Aisha Sadeeqa, Asma Afzal Khan, Fizah Mahnoor Khan, Aruba Saeed, Syeda Nayab Sheeraz |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2022 |
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| Zdroj: | The Rehabilitation Journal, Vol 06, Iss 04, Pp 442-445 (2022) |
| Druh dokumentu: | article |
| ISSN: | 2521-344X 2521-3458 |
| DOI: | 10.52567/trj.v6i04.148 |
| Popis: | Background: Smartphones pervasiveness has captured people with the ability to search for information, communicate more easily, and make our day-to-day jobs easier. On the other hand, excessive smartphone use can also lead to serious musculoskeletal consequences including neck pain and disability. Objective: To determine the correlation of Text-Neck-Syndrome with smartphone addiction during the COVID-19 pandemic. Methods: The cross-sectional study was conducted on n=500 participants of both genders between 20 to 30 years olds. The study population were assessed for text next syndrome with Neck disability index, and neck pain on Visual analogue scale (VAS) and Smartphone addiction scale short version (SAS-SV) to find problematic smartphone usage. The spearmen test was used to determine the correlation between the Text neck syndrome and smartphone addiction during Covid-19 pandemic. Results: The mean age of the participants was 22.8±2.47 years. A total of n=418(83.6%) were female and remaining n=82(16.4%) was male participated in the study. The results showed that there is significant mild to moderate positive significant correlation (p |
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