Neck pain associated with smartphone usage among university students

Mikhled Falah Maayah, Zakariya H Nawasreh, Riziq Allah M Gaowgzeh, Ziyad Neamatallah, Saad S Alfawaz and Umar M Alabasi

PLOS ONE, 2023, vol. 18, issue 6, 1-17

Abstract: Objective: Neck and shoulder pain has been linked to prolonged periods of flexed neck posture. However, the influences of factors related to individuals’ characteristics and the time duration and position of using smartphones on the severity and duration of neck and shoulder pain among university students are not well studied. The aim of this study was to identify factors related to individual demographics, the history of neck pain, and the time duration and positions of using the smartphone that could be associated with neck pain severity and duration and to determine the influence of these factors on neck pain severity and duration among university students. Subjects and methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted on students from King Abdulaziz University in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, using a self-administered online questionnaire. Data was collected between March 10th, 2020, and October 18th, 2020, with 867 questionnaires filled out using Google Forms as a web-based questionnaire. Questionnaires were distributed to students by posting them in their batch groups on Facebook, an online social media and social networking service. Students from five healthcare faculties were included: the faculties of medicine, dentistry, pharmacy, nursing, and medical rehabilitation sciences. Results: Students’ gender, time spent on using their phones, time spent on devices for studying, and having a history of neck or shoulder pain were significant predictors of neck pain duration in the univariate model (p≤0.018). In the multivariate model, both having a history of neck or shoulder pain (95%CI: -2.357 to -1.268, p

Date: 2023
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